Over the last three decades, photonic crystals (PhCs) have attracted intense interests thanks
to their broad potential applications in optics and photonics. Generally, these structures can …

When thin films of colloidal fluids are dried, a range of transitions are observed and the final
film profile is found to depend on the processes that occur during the drying step. This article …

Although gallium–indium alloys have properties that make them desirable for flexible
electronics, they can be challenging to process. Gallium–indium alloys spontaneously form …

We study the genesis and the selective propagation of complex crack networks induced by
thermal shock or drying of brittle materials. We use a quasistatic gradient damage model to …

An improved coupled thermo-mechanical bond-based peridynamics with multirate time
integration scheme is developed to study the thermal shock cracking behaviors in brittle …

Soft electronic systems require stretchable, printable conductors for applications in soft
robotics, wearable technologies, and human–machine interfaces. Gallium-based room …

Understanding the mechanism by which films fail during drying is the first step in controlling
this natural process. Previous studies have examined the spacing between cracks with …

This paper studies the initiation of cracks in the thermal shock problem through the
variational analysis of the quasi-static evolution of a gradient damage model. We consider a …

Desiccation cracking is ubiquitous in many materials of practical importance, such as in
mud, clay soil, pavement, and concrete, and understanding its dynamics and formation is …

The thermal shock failure of brittle materials is a very common problem in the fields of
machinery, metallurgy, aerospace and civil engineering. In this paper, a coupled …