The competition between Brownian motion and adhesion in soft materials

Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 241-250

  Lin, Yuan ^a   Inamdar, Mandar ^a   Freund, L B ^a  

^a Brown University   (United States)

Author keywords

Adhesion; Bonding; Brownian mechanics; Soft materials; Statistical mechanics

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; BROWNIAN MOVEMENT; LIGANDS; STATISTICAL MECHANICS;

BROWNIAN MECHANICS; PHYSICAL MODELS; STANDARD DEVIATION; THERMAL MOTION; THERMAL UNDULATIONS;

SOFT MAGNETIC MATERIALS;

EID: 37849009749     PISSN: 00225096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmps.2007.02.008     Document Type: Article

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