The adhesion force between the tentacle of a live cypris and polymer brushes on the sidewall of cover glass was directly measured by scanning probe microscopy in seawater. The cypris was immobilized on the cantilever with glue, and then forced to make contact with the modified surface. When the tentacle was detached by moving the cantilever away from the surface, the torsion of the cantilever caused the laser deflection on the photodiode corresponding to the adhesion force. Polymer brush surfaces exhibited extremely low adhesion to the cypris larva.
- Shohei Shiomoto
- Yuka Yamaguchi
- Motoyasu Kobayashi
