Credit: Georgia Tech Photo: Gary Meek
GTRI senior research engineer Jason Nadler (left) and GTRI research scientist Allison Mercer display 3-D rapid prototypes of the remora's adhesive disk, which the fish uses to attach and detach from sharks and other hosts. Behind the researchers, computer screens show a scanning electron microscope image of the scales on a mako shark (left) and an optical micrograph of a remora's adhesive disk, which revealed similar spacing between features.