Surface tension-induced gel fracture. part 1. fracture of agar gels

Langmuir

Volumn 28, Issue 18, 2012, Pages 7197-7211

  Spandagos, Constantinos ^a   Goudoulas, Thomas B ^b   Luckham, Paul F ^a   Matar, Omar K ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAR GEL; COMPLEX INTERACTION; CRACK-LIKE; CRACKING PATTERNS; DRIVING FORCES; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; GEL LAYERS; GEL STRENGTHS; GRAVITATIONAL FORCES; MARANGONI STRESS; MORPHOLOGY AND DYNAMICS; PROPAGATION DYNAMICS; SILWET L-77; SPREADING COEFFICIENTS; STARBURSTS; SURFACE TENSION GRADIENT; SURFACTANT CHEMISTRY; SURFACTANT SOLUTION; TEMPORAL EVOLUTION; THICK LAYERS;

ALGAE; FRACTURE; GELS; POLYSACCHARIDES; STARS; SURFACE TENSION;

SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

AGAR; DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM; ORGANOSILICON DERIVATIVE; SILWET L 77; SILWET L-77; SURFACTANT;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; FLOW KINETICS; GEL; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; SURFACE TENSION;

AGAR; GELS; ORGANOSILICON COMPOUNDS; RHEOLOGY; SODIUM DODECYL SULFATE; SOLUTIONS; SURFACE TENSION; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS;

EID: 84860762828     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: 15205827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la205163n     Document Type: Article

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