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Thrilled to announce Costanoa Ventures Fund V ($275M) and Opportunity Fund III ($119M)! 🎉 I’m incredibly proud and thankful for the amazing humans I…
Thrilled to announce Costanoa Ventures Fund V ($275M) and Opportunity Fund III ($119M)! 🎉 I’m incredibly proud and thankful for the amazing humans I…
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We're excited to announce Costanoa Fund V ($275M) and Opportunity Fund III ($119M) A sincere thank you to all the extraordinary founders in our…
We're excited to announce Costanoa Fund V ($275M) and Opportunity Fund III ($119M) A sincere thank you to all the extraordinary founders in our…
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Telling the world more about what we've been up to in National Security and Public Safety. There is much more to come, but we've been actively…
Telling the world more about what we've been up to in National Security and Public Safety. There is much more to come, but we've been actively…
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Micro-Wedge Machining for the Manufacture of Directional Dry Adhesives
ASME Journal of Micro and Nano-Manufacturing
P. Day, E. V. Eason, N. Esparza, D. Christensen, and M. Cutkosky
Directional dry adhesives are inspired by animals such as geckos and are a particularly useful technology for climbing applications. Previously, they have generally been manufactured using photolithographic processes. This paper presents a micromachining process that involves making cuts in a soft material using a sharp, lubricated tool to create closely spaced negative cavities of a desired shape. The machined material…P. Day, E. V. Eason, N. Esparza, D. Christensen, and M. Cutkosky
Directional dry adhesives are inspired by animals such as geckos and are a particularly useful technology for climbing applications. Previously, they have generally been manufactured using photolithographic processes. This paper presents a micromachining process that involves making cuts in a soft material using a sharp, lubricated tool to create closely spaced negative cavities of a desired shape. The machined material becomes a mold into which an elastomer is cast to create the directional adhesive. The trajectory of the tool can be varied to avoid plastic flow of the mold material that may adversely affect adjacent cavities. The relationship between tool trajectory and resulting cavity shape is established through modeling and process characterization experiments. This micromachining process is much less expensive than previous photolithographic processes used to create similar features and allows greater flexibility with respect to the microscale feature geometry, mold size, and mold material. The micromachining process produces controllable, directional adhesives, where the normal adhesion increases with shear loading in a preferred direction. This is verified by multi-axis force testing on a flat glass substrate. Upon application of a post-treatment to decrease the roughness of the engaging surfaces of the features after casting, the adhesives significantly outperform comparable directional adhesives made from a photolithographic mold.Other authorsSee publication -
The effects of He2+ ion irradiation on adhesion of polymer micro-structure based dry adhesives
ANS Journal of Nuclear Science and Engineering
Irradiation of polymer-based gecko-like synthetic adhesives (GSAs) using an accelerated beam of He++ ions has been performed. This irradiation simulates large radiation doses that the GSAs may experience if deployed on a robotic platform in some radiological environments. After irradiation, the adhesive samples were tested for adhesion on a three-axis adhesion testing stage and were examined via scanning electron microscope. The GSA samples showed significant changes in surface morphology at…
Irradiation of polymer-based gecko-like synthetic adhesives (GSAs) using an accelerated beam of He++ ions has been performed. This irradiation simulates large radiation doses that the GSAs may experience if deployed on a robotic platform in some radiological environments. After irradiation, the adhesive samples were tested for adhesion on a three-axis adhesion testing stage and were examined via scanning electron microscope. The GSA samples showed significant changes in surface morphology at high radiation doses. Additionally, radiation doses larger than 750 kGy resulted in a significant deterioration of the adhesive performance. Eventually, the adhesive samples lost all ability to generate frictional adhesion. Such results allow us to make quantitative statements about the applicability of GSAs for robotic applications in nuclear environments.
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The effects of gamma radiation on adhesion of polymer micro-structure based dry adhesives
ANS Journal of Nuclear Technology
Irradiation of polymer-based directional dry adhesives with gamma photons has been performed. This irradiation is commensurate with the radiation that an adhesive sample would be exposed to if deployed in a nuclear glove box or other high-radiation environment. Before and after irradiation, samples were tested using a three-axis adhesive testing stage and were analyzed via a scanning electron microscope and a water droplet contact angle analyzer. At doses in excess of 270 kGy, the adhesive…
Irradiation of polymer-based directional dry adhesives with gamma photons has been performed. This irradiation is commensurate with the radiation that an adhesive sample would be exposed to if deployed in a nuclear glove box or other high-radiation environment. Before and after irradiation, samples were tested using a three-axis adhesive testing stage and were analyzed via a scanning electron microscope and a water droplet contact angle analyzer. At doses in excess of 270 kGy, the adhesive performance began to deteriorate, continuing to an overall performance reduction of 55% at a dose of [approximately]500 kGy. Significant changes in the surface energy of the bulk polymer are also indicated by changes in water droplet contact angles, contributing to the adhesion performance loss. Such analyses allow for quantitative statements to be made about the expected performance of these adhesives when deployed in high-radiation environments.
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Manufacturing Method for Synthetic Gecko-Inspired Adhesives
Issued US 9908266
M. R. Cutkosky, P. S. Day, and E. V. Eason
A method of forming synthetic dry adhesives is provided that includes using a wedge-shaped tool to form mold cavities in a mold, filling the mold cavities with an elastomeric adhesive, removing the elastomeric adhesive from the mold, where a tapered lamellar ridge extends from a surface of the elastomeric adhesive, treating a tip of the extending ridge with a film of uncured elastomeric material, and curing the film of uncured material while…M. R. Cutkosky, P. S. Day, and E. V. Eason
A method of forming synthetic dry adhesives is provided that includes using a wedge-shaped tool to form mold cavities in a mold, filling the mold cavities with an elastomeric adhesive, removing the elastomeric adhesive from the mold, where a tapered lamellar ridge extends from a surface of the elastomeric adhesive, treating a tip of the extending ridge with a film of uncured elastomeric material, and curing the film of uncured material while the extending ridge is pressed against a substrate surface having a smoothness or texture. The synthetic dry adhesive comprises a close-packed array of tapered lamellar ridges, where the centerline of a ridge is angled relative to a direction normal to the synthetic dry adhesive and the cross section includes an internal taper. The tapered ridge bends when it contacts a surface, whereupon the radius of curvature of the ridge increases monotonically with increasing shear load.Other inventorsSee patent -
Micro-Structure-based Adhesives for Size-Selective Particle Trapping and Sorting
Issued US 8882996
A method of separating particles is provided that includes exposing a selective PDMS adhesive to a particle-contaminated surface, where the selective PDMS adhesive captures particles present on the particle-contaminated surface to form a fouled selective PDMS adhesive, and exposing the fouled selective PDMS adhesive to a PDMS transfer sheet, where particles outside of a desired range are transferred over to the PDMS transfer sheet, where the fouled selective PDMS adhesive retains only the…
A method of separating particles is provided that includes exposing a selective PDMS adhesive to a particle-contaminated surface, where the selective PDMS adhesive captures particles present on the particle-contaminated surface to form a fouled selective PDMS adhesive, and exposing the fouled selective PDMS adhesive to a PDMS transfer sheet, where particles outside of a desired range are transferred over to the PDMS transfer sheet, where the fouled selective PDMS adhesive retains only the particles of a desired range.
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Just us at the World Space Business Week (WSBW) in Paris September 16-20, 2024 and meet the Muon Team - Jonny Dyer, Gregory Smirin, and Tracy Morgan.…
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