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physics.chem-ph2021
Self-Healing Behavior of Ice
Menno Demmenie, Paul Kolpakov, Yuki Nagata +2
We show that the surface of ice is self-healing: micrometer deep scratches in the ice surface spontaneously disappear by relaxation on a time scale of roughly an hour. Following th…
cond-mat.soft2021
Transition from viscoelastic to fracture-like peeling of pressure-sensitive adhesives
Marion Grzelka, Stefan Kooij, Sander Woutersen +2
We investigate the process of the slow unrolling of a roll of typical pressure-sensitive adhesive, Scotch tape, under its own weight. Probing the peeling velocities down to nm/s re…
cond-mat.soft2021
Light-switchable deposits from evaporating drops containing motile microalgae
Marius R. Bittermann, Daniel Bonn, Sander Woutersen +1
Deposits from evaporating drops have shown to take a variety of shapes, depending on the physicochemical properties of both solute and solvent. Classically, the evaporation of drop…