Stiffening solids with liquid inclusions

Nature Physics

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 82-87

  Style, Robert W ^a,b   Boltyanskiy, Rostislav ^a   Allen, Benjamin ^a   Jensen, Katharine E ^a   Foote, Henry P ^c   Wettlaufer, John S ^a,b,d   Dufresne, Eric R ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON FIBERS; CELL ADHESION; DROP BREAKUP; LIQUIDS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; SURFACE TENSION; WOOD;

BULK MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; COMPOSITE THEORY; EFFECTIVE MECHANISMS; FLUID INCLUSION; LIQUID INCLUSION; MACROSCOPIC STRESS; SOLID-LIQUID INTERFACES; SYNTHETIC MATERIALS;

PHASE INTERFACES;

EID: 84927177361     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys3181     Document Type: Article

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