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Published online 22 October 2003 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news031020-5
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Nano-velcro binds faster than strongest glues
Super-strong adhesive planned with hooked carbon strands.
Nano-velcro could hold objects together as tightly as a strong adhesive, say US researchers1.
The reusable material is carpeted with hook-ended carbon tubes, each just millionths of a millimetre across.
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