Crack-front model for adhesion of soft elastic spheres with chemical heterogeneity
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jmps.2022.104781
Abstract: Adhesion hysteresis can be caused by elastic instabilities that are triggered by surface roughness or chemical heterogeneity. However, the role of these instabilities in adhesion hysteresis remains poorly understood because we lack theoretical and numerical… read more here.
Keywords: adhesion soft; heterogeneity; adhesion; model ... See more keywords
Switchable adhesion of soft composites induced by a magnetic field.
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DOI: 10.1039/d0sm00626b
Abstract: Switchable adhesives have the potential to improve the manufacturing and recycling of parts, and to enable new modes of motility for soft robots. Here, we demonstrate magnetically-switchable adhesion of a two-phase composite to non-magnetic objects.… read more here.
Keywords: adhesion soft; field; soft composites; magnetic field ... See more keywords