Field induced radial crack patterns in drying laponite gel

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 384, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 182-186

  Mal, Dibyendu ^a   Sinha, Suparna ^a   Middya, T R ^a   Tarafdar, Sujata ^a  

^a JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Crack pattern; Gel; Laponite

Indexed keywords

CHARGE DISTRIBUTION; CLAY; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; GELS; SURFACE CHARGE;

CRACK PATTERNS; FIELD GRADIENT; LAPONITE GEL; RECTANGULAR GEOMETRY;

CRACK PROPAGATION;

EID: 34548045753     PISSN: 03784371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2007.05.017     Document Type: Article

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