TY - GEN
T1 - Structures and function of remora adhesion
AU - Nadler, Jason H.
AU - Mercer, Allison J.
AU - Culler, Michael
AU - Ledford, Keri A.
AU - Bloomquist, Ryan
AU - Lin, Angela
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2014 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - Remoras (echeneid fish) reversibly attach and detach to marine hosts, almost instantaneously, to "hitchhike" and feed. The adhesion mechanisms that they use are remarkably insensitive to substrate topology and quite différent from the latching and suction cup-based systems associated with other species at similar length scales. Remora adhesion is also anisotropic; drag forces induced by the swimming host increase adhesive strength, while rapid detachment occurs when the remora reverses this shear load. In this work, an investigation of the adhesive system's functional morphology and tissue properties was carried out initially through dissection and x-ray microtomographic analyses. Resulting finite element models of these components have provided new insights into the adaptive, hierarchical nature of the mechanisms and a path toward a wide range of engineering applications.
AB - Remoras (echeneid fish) reversibly attach and detach to marine hosts, almost instantaneously, to "hitchhike" and feed. The adhesion mechanisms that they use are remarkably insensitive to substrate topology and quite différent from the latching and suction cup-based systems associated with other species at similar length scales. Remora adhesion is also anisotropic; drag forces induced by the swimming host increase adhesive strength, while rapid detachment occurs when the remora reverses this shear load. In this work, an investigation of the adhesive system's functional morphology and tissue properties was carried out initially through dissection and x-ray microtomographic analyses. Resulting finite element models of these components have provided new insights into the adaptive, hierarchical nature of the mechanisms and a path toward a wide range of engineering applications.
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U2 - 10.1557/opl.2013.105
DO - 10.1557/opl.2013.105
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84892403005
SN - 9781605114750
T3 - Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings
SP - 159
EP - 168
BT - Biomimetic, Bio-Inspired and Self-Assembled Materials for Engineered Surfaces and Applications
T2 - 2012 MRS Fall Meeting
Y2 - 25 November 2012 through 30 November 2012
ER -