Throughout their evolution, living creatures have developed  systems to attach themselves to a variety of substrate textures. As is  the case in many technical systems, animals use friction and adhesion  to generate an attachment force for overcoming drag. In recent  decades, our knowledge of such systems has greatly increased.   This volume summarizes more than 10 years of ultra structural and  experimental studies on insect attachment systems and presents an  up-to-date overview of this subject. Many examples are presented and  the general rules of the interrelationship between the construction of  attachment systems and the function are outlined showing the  principles of morphology and ultra structure of such systems.   The principles of design involved in the attachment systems described  may inspire new ideas relating to the biomimetics of new  surface-active materials.   Audience: This volume provides an excellent introduction to  biological attachment and will be of interest to biologist, zoologist,  materials scientists and engineers.

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