2 papers
cond-mat.soft2024
Impact of Nanometer-Thin Stiff Layer on Adhesion to Rough Surfaces
Shubhendu Kumar, Babu Gaire, Bo Persson +1
Adhesion requires molecular contact, and natural adhesives employ mechanical gradients to achieve complete (conformal) contact to maximize adhesion. Intuitively, one expects that t…
cond-mat.soft2024
Measurement of Nanoscale Interfacial Contact Area Using Vibrational Spectroscopy
Utkarsh Patil, Stephen Merriman, Shubhendu Kumar +1
Understanding the extent of contact between objects is crucial for surface-driven phenomena in the natural world. While interactions are known to occur at subnanometer-length scale…