Metamaterial ‘Gecko Toe’: Optically-Controlled Adhesion to Any Surface

J. Zhang; H. Yasuda; H. Yasuda; K. F. MacDonald; N. I. Zheludev

doi:10.1364/QELS.2012.QM4F.7

Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics 2012
OSA Technical Digest (Optica Publishing Group, 2012),
paper QM4F.7
•https://doi.org/10.1364/QELS.2012.QM4F.7

Metamaterial ‘Gecko Toe’: Optically-Controlled Adhesion to Any Surface

J. Zhang, H. Yasuda, K. F. MacDonald, and N. I. Zheludev

Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference 2012

San Jose, California United States
6–11 May 2012
ISBN: 978-1-55752-943-5

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Meta Interfaces and Surfaces II (QM4F)

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J. Zhang, H. Yasuda, K. F. MacDonald, and N. I. Zheludev, "Metamaterial ‘Gecko Toe’: Optically-Controlled Adhesion to Any Surface," in Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics 2012, OSA Technical Digest (Optica Publishing Group, 2012), paper QM4F.7.

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Abstract

A new optical near-field force between plasmonic metamaterials and dielectric/metallic surfaces is identified. It can exceed Casimir, radiation and gravitational forces to provide an optically-controlled adhesion mechanism mimicking the gecko toe.

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