Jolt of Electricity Turns Off Adhesion

摘要

A research group at Michigan Technological University, which is headed by Dr Bruce P. Lee (associate professor of biomedical engineering), has been working on smart adhesive systems for some time. The researchers' previous approach involved controlling adhesion with the help of the pH value. Then the team began investigating the hypothesis that the properties of adhesives can also be influenced using electricity and designed a test set-up to evaluate their assumption.