On the mechanism of adhesion in biological systems

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WHEN LESS IS MORE: EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE FOR TENACITY ENHANCEMENT BY DIVISION OF CONTACT AREA (2004, background): “The physical background of this effect was theoretically discussed in several recent publications [ 7 , 8 ].”
A batch fabricated biomimetic dry adhesive (2005, background): “This inelastic surface conformation allows th eg ecko’s foot to create a large amount of surface contact, without introducing repulsive restoring force from the surface, producing a significant amount of surface adhesion through short range interactions [ 11 ].”
Inspiration from the natural world: from bio-adhesives to bio-inspired adhesives (2014, background): “The theory associated with the physical effects of these adhesive pads has been well studied [37,45,50,51,54,57, 59–61] .”
Role of Microorganisms in the Remediation of Wastewater in Floating Treatment Wetlands: A Review (2020, background): “of the substrate compared to algae due to their smaller size [247].”
Mechanics of robust and releasable adhesion in biology: bottom-up designed hierarchical structures of gecko. (2006, background): “fibrillar structures has been reported and/or discussed by Jagota and Bennison (2002), Persson (2003a) , Gao et al. (2004) and Tang et al. (2005).”
Properties, Principles, and Parameters of the Gecko Adhesive System (2006, methodology): “The effective elastic modulus, !e##$ (Persson 2003; Sitti and Fearing 2003) is much lower than the Young's modulus (”