Demonstration (VIDEO)

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

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Demonstration of rehydration-induced detachment of a flat PHEMA film cast on a Si wafer, which was bonded to a model rough target surface (PUA pattern on a single Kevlar� strip). A 4kg metal block was suspended from the tendon and water was introduced at the adhesive interface using a syringe at (0:37). Sample detachment was observed at (2:32).

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Movie courtesy of Shu Yang.

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