STTR Phase I: Biologically Inspired Polymer Fiber Adhesives as Enhanced Gripping Materials

STTR 第一阶段：仿生聚合物纤维粘合剂作为增强抓握材料

• 批准号: 0930610
• 负责人: Burak Aksak
• 金额: $ 15万
• 依托单位: nanoGriptech, Inc.
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-07-01 至 2010-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0930610&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: STTR; Phase; Biologically; Inspired; Polymer

This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5).This Small Business Technology Transfer Phase I project proposes biologically inspired polymer fibrillar adhesives as new gripping materials for ultragrip sports glove and other potential gripping and repeatable adhesive applications. Geckos and insects have the gripping ability to attach thousands of times to widely varying surfaces without significant degradation, even in the presence of contamination and moisture, using millions of micro and nanoscale fibers on their feet. Today's repeatable adhesives foul quickly under these conditions, which leads to limited lifetime and constrains the scenarios in which they can be used. In this study, models will be developed to understand the interaction mechanics of fibrillar adhesives, and gripping materials based on bioinspired polymer fibers optimized for sports glove applications will be designed and demonstrated.The broader impacts of this research are the production of wide range of potential commercial products using these bioinspired gripping and adhesive materials and improved technical understanding on design of fibrillar adhesives for specific applications. Repeatable adhesives that leave no residue have a very broad market and commercial potential. In particular, as an advanced goal, if adhesion to skin tissues is achieved, this technology would have a strong impact in the medical industry. In the near term, these adhesives will be integrated into sports gloves to provide increased grip to a football surface. The scientific and technical understanding gained from thisproject will improve the design of fibrillar adhesives, and identify challenges for designing adhesives for specific application scenarios.

该奖项是根据2009年美国复苏和再投资法案（公法111-5）资助的。这个小企业技术转让第一阶段项目提出了生物启发聚合物纤维粘合剂作为新的抓地力材料，用于ultragrip运动手套和其他潜在的抓地力和可重复的粘合剂应用。壁虎和昆虫具有抓握能力，即使在存在污染和水分的情况下，也可以数千次附着在各种不同的表面上，而不会发生显著的降解，它们的脚上使用了数百万根微米和纳米级纤维。当今的可重复粘合剂在这些条件下很快就会结垢，这导致寿命有限，并限制了它们可以使用的场景。在这项研究中，将开发模型来了解纤维状粘合剂的相互作用机制，将设计和展示基于生物启发聚合物纤维的、针对运动手套应用优化的抓握材料。这项研究的更广泛影响是使用这些生物启发抓握和粘合材料生产广泛的潜在商业产品，并提高对特定用途的原纤粘合剂设计的技术理解。应用.不留残留物的可重复粘合剂具有非常广阔的市场和商业潜力。特别是，作为一个先进的目标，如果实现对皮肤组织的粘附，该技术将在医疗行业产生巨大影响。在短期内，这些粘合剂将被集成到运动手套中，以增加对足球表面的抓地力。从该项目中获得的科学和技术理解将改善纤维状粘合剂的设计，并确定为特定应用场景设计粘合剂的挑战。