Why soft contacts are stickier when breaking than when making them

Abstract: Soft solids are sticky. They attract each other and spontaneously form a large area of contact. Their force of attraction is higher when separating than when forming contact, a phenomenon known as adhesion hysteresis. The common explanation for this hysteresis is viscoelastic energy dissipation or contact aging. Here, we use experiments and simulations to show that it emerges even for perfectly elastic solids. Pinning by surface roughness triggers the stick-slip motion of the contact line, dissipating energy. We derive a simple and general parameter-free equation that quantitatively describes contact formation in the presence of roughness. Our results highlight the crucial role of surface roughness and present a fundamental shift in our understanding of soft adhesion

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Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
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Online-Ressource
Language
Englisch
Notes
ISSN: 2375-2548

Event
Veröffentlichung
(where)
Freiburg
(who)
Universität
(when)
2024
Creator
Sanner, Antoine
Kumar, Nityanshu
Dhinojwala, Ali
Jacobs, Tevis D. B.
Pastewka, Lars

DOI
10.1126/sciadv.adl1277
URN
urn:nbn:de:bsz:25-freidok-2459208
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Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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