Nitto Denko's Gecko Tape achieves precise, contamination-free analysis service in the -150- 500°C range

Japan's diversified materials manufacturer Nitto Denko Corporation achieved the world's first-ever precise, contamination-free analysis service in the extreme, conventionally impossible -150-500 degrees Celsius range by utilizing a biomimic dry adhesive or glue (Gecko Tape) that has the similar adhesive strength as a natural gecko's foot. Specifically, it is utilized for fixing specimens to analytical equipment. Gecko Tape is the biomimic adhesive made of optimal carbon nanotube (CNT) array. Specifically, it takes a form of fiber-based structure with vertically aligned CNTs. The tape's good adhesion property remains unaffected under a range of temperature from -150 to 500 degrees Celsius. Gecko Tape can be used in the same way as an adhesive transfer tape to serve as an ideal specimen fixation tool for analytical equipment. The tape's stable fixation force does not allow a specimen to displace during the analysis