2 papers
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…
cond-mat.soft2023
Humidity-induced glass transition of a polyelectrolyte brush creates switchable friction in air
Stephen Merriman, Saranshu Singla, Ali Dhinojwala
Polymer brushes have found extensive applications as responsive surfaces, particularly in achieving tunable friction in solvent environments. Despite recent interest in extending t…