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Friction 2024, 12(2): 215-230 https://doi.org/10.1007/s40544-023-0743-0
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Development of wet adhesion of honeybee arolium incorporated polygonal structure with three-phase composite interfaces

Show Author's Information Lulu LIANG1,  Jieliang ZHAO1( ),  Qun NIU1,  Li YU1,  Xiangbing WU1,  Wenzhong WANG1( ),  Shaoze YAN2,  Zhenglei YU3
School of Mechanical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
Division of Intelligent and Biomechanical Systems, State Key Laboratory of Tribology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
Key of Bionic Engineering, Ministry of Education, Jilin University, Changchun 130022, China
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honeybee arolium, air pockets, wet adhesion, a three-phase interface, self-sucking effects, air-embolism effects
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LIANG L, ZHAO J, NIU Q, et al. Development of wet adhesion of honeybee arolium incorporated polygonal structure with three-phase composite interfaces. Friction, 2024, 12(2): 215-230. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40544-023-0743-0
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Inspired by the dynamic wet adhesive systems in nature, various artificial adhesive surfaces have been developed but still face different challenges. Crucially, the theoretical mechanics of wet adhesives has never been sufficiently revealed. Here, we develop a novel adhesive mechanism for governing wet adhesion and investigate the biological models of honeybee arolium for reproducing the natural wet adhesive systems. Micro-nano structures of honeybee arolium and arolium-prints were observed by Cryogenic scanning electron microscopy (Cryo-SEM), and the air pockets were found in the contact interface notably. Subsequently, the adhesive models with a three-phase composite interface (including air pockets, liquid secretion, and hexagonal frames of arolium), were formed to analyze the wet adhesion of honeybee arolium. The results of theoretical calculations and experiments indicated an enhanced adhesive mechanism of the honeybee by liquid self-sucking effects and air-embolism effects. Under these effects, normal and shear adhesion can be adjusted by controlling the proportion of liquid secretion and air pockets in the contact zone. Notably, the air-embolism effects contribute to the optimal coupling of smaller normal adhesion with greater shear adhesion, which is beneficial for the high stride frequency of honeybees. These works can provide a fresh perspective on the development of bio-inspired wet adhesive surfaces.


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Development of wet adhesion of honeybee arolium incorporated polygonal structure with three-phase composite interfaces

Show Author's information Lulu LIANG1, Jieliang ZHAO1( ), Qun NIU1, Li YU1, Xiangbing WU1, Wenzhong WANG1( ), Shaoze YAN2, Zhenglei YU3
School of Mechanical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
Division of Intelligent and Biomechanical Systems, State Key Laboratory of Tribology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
Key of Bionic Engineering, Ministry of Education, Jilin University, Changchun 130022, China

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Inspired by the dynamic wet adhesive systems in nature, various artificial adhesive surfaces have been developed but still face different challenges. Crucially, the theoretical mechanics of wet adhesives has never been sufficiently revealed. Here, we develop a novel adhesive mechanism for governing wet adhesion and investigate the biological models of honeybee arolium for reproducing the natural wet adhesive systems. Micro-nano structures of honeybee arolium and arolium-prints were observed by Cryogenic scanning electron microscopy (Cryo-SEM), and the air pockets were found in the contact interface notably. Subsequently, the adhesive models with a three-phase composite interface (including air pockets, liquid secretion, and hexagonal frames of arolium), were formed to analyze the wet adhesion of honeybee arolium. The results of theoretical calculations and experiments indicated an enhanced adhesive mechanism of the honeybee by liquid self-sucking effects and air-embolism effects. Under these effects, normal and shear adhesion can be adjusted by controlling the proportion of liquid secretion and air pockets in the contact zone. Notably, the air-embolism effects contribute to the optimal coupling of smaller normal adhesion with greater shear adhesion, which is beneficial for the high stride frequency of honeybees. These works can provide a fresh perspective on the development of bio-inspired wet adhesive surfaces.

Keywords: honeybee arolium, air pockets, wet adhesion, a three-phase interface, self-sucking effects, air-embolism effects

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Received: 31 July 2022
Revised: 25 November 2022
Accepted: 23 January 2023
Published: 29 November 2023
Issue date: February 2024

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This work was supported by the National Key R&D Program of China (2021YFB3400200), the Beijing Natural Science Foundation (3212012), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (52075038), the Opening Project of the Key Laboratory of Bionic Engineering (Ministry of Education), Jilin University (KF20200001), and the Opening Project of State Key Laboratory of Tribology, Tsinghua University (SKLTKF20B06). The authors thank Donglin Li for providing the picture of a honeybee adhering to the flower petals during pollen collection.

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