2 papers
cond-mat.soft2006
Contact Instability in Adhesion and Debonding of Thin Elastic Films
Manoj Gonuguntla, Ashutosh Sharma, Jayati Sarkar +3
Based on experiments and 3-D simulations, we show that a soft elastic film during adhesion and debonding from a rigid flat surface undergoes morphological transitions to pillars, l…
cond-mat.soft2003
Patterns, Forces and Metastable Pathways in Debonding of Elastic Films
Jayati Sarkar, Vijay Shenoy, Ashutosh Sharma
The letter resolves several intriguing and fundamental aspects of debonding at soft interfaces, including the formation and persistence of regularly arranged nanocavities and bridg…