What type of intermolecular force tightly attracts the gecko’s feet to the surface it walks on?

A gecko’s feet have many tiny structures that get very close to a surface, allowing weak attractions between molecules to add up to a strong grip. These attractions are Van der Waals forces. Covalent and ionic bonds would require atoms to form much stronger chemical bonds, while hydrogen bonding is not the main force responsible for gecko adhesion.

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