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February 19, 2008; 105 (7)
Cover image: Gecko foot hairs have remarkable adhesive properties. In their article on pages 2307–2312, Mahdavi et al. explain how they designed a biodegradable surgical tape-shown after 8 days of digestion under physiological conditions-based on the nanoscale features of gecko hairs. The tape and gecko hair adhere by different mechanisms, however. Image courtesy of Alex Galakatos.
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