Smart adhesives that can be applied and removed on demand play an important role in
modern life and manufacturing. However, current smart adhesives made of elastomers suffer …

It is well-known that adhesion is strongly influenced by surface roughness. Nevertheless, the
literature currently contains an ongoing debate regarding which roughness scales are …

Modeling the elasto-plastic contact between rough interfaces may require high
computational effort as real surfaces present broad roughness spectra. In this work, we …

With the increasing miniaturization of mechanical systems and the prevalence of rough
surfaces in engineering applications, understanding and accurately characterizing the …

Modeling the adhesion of viscoelastic rough surfaces is a recent challenge in contact
mechanics. Existing models have primarily focused on simple systems with smooth …

In this work, we investigate dissipative effects involved during the detachment of a smooth
spherical glass probe from a viscoelastic silicone substrate patterned with micro-asperities …

ABSTRACT A new stickiness criterion for solids having random fractal roughness is derived
using Persson's theory with DMT-type adhesion. As expected, we find that stickiness, ie. the …

Adhesive interactions strongly characterize the contact mechanics of soft bodies as they
lead to large elastic deformations and contact instabilities. In this paper, we extend the …

Adhesive contact of viscoelastic bodies is a challenging problem due to its rate-dependent
nature. In this work, we formulate a theoretical model to describe the pulling process of a …

The adhesion between powders and surfaces is influenced by their topography. We
investigate the relationships between the topography on stainless steel, the humidity, and …