Role of structural stiffness on the loading capacity of fibrillar adhesive composite

Bio-inspired fibrillar adhesives have been extensively studied for applications in a wide range of fields, including transfer printing, intelligent robotics, and space technology. Herein, by considering a generalized adhesive composite composed of a fibrillar adhesive layer and a backing layer in contact with a smooth substrate, we developed a theoretical approach based on the peel zone model to predict its loading and failure behavior. The...