Resisting Drying Stress in Laponite Bentonite Clay Composites, Two Step Yielding and Crack Peel Selection

Tapati Dutta, Agnishikha Chakrabarti, Soham Mitra +2

Clay films that dry on a rigid substrate crack, peel or stay intact, and which of these happens matters for coatings, barrier layers and ceramic processing. Composites of clay with…