Recent progress on crack pattern formation in thin films

M Liu, S Yu, L He, Y Ni - Soft Matter, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Fascinating pattern formation by quasi-static crack growth in thin films has received
increasing interest in both interdisciplinary science and engineering applications. The paper …

Crack patterns of environmental plastic fragments

H Deng, L Su, Y Zheng, F Du, QX Liu… - … science & technology, 2022 - ACS Publications
Secondary microplastics usually come from the breakdown of larger plastics due to
weathering and environmental stress cracking of plastic wastes. In the present study, 5013 …

Drying colloidal systems: Laboratory models for a wide range of applications

P Bacchin, D Brutin, A Davaille, E Di Giuseppe… - The European Physical …, 2018 - Springer
The drying of complex fluids provides a powerful insight into phenomena that take place on
time and length scales not normally accessible. An important feature of complex fluids …

Automatic soil desiccation crack recognition using deep learning

JJ Xu, H Zhang, CS Tang, Q Cheng, B Liu… - Geotechnique, 2022 - icevirtuallibrary.com
Soil desiccation cracking is a common natural phenomenon. The existence of cracks can
negatively impact both the mechanical and hydraulic properties of soil. Accurate acquisition …

[HTML][HTML] Phase-field modeling of drying-induced cracks: Choice of coupling and study of homogeneous and localized damage

C Luo, L Sanavia, L De Lorenzis - Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics …, 2023 - Elsevier
Phase-field modeling has already proved to be a suitable framework to predict the initiation
and propagation of drying cracks in variably saturated porous media. In this paper, we focus …

Crack densification in drying colloidal suspensions

P Lilin, M Ibrahim, I Bischofberger - Science Advances, 2024 - science.org
As sessile drops of aqueous colloidal suspensions dry, a close-packed particle deposit
forms that grows from the edge of the drop toward the center. To compensate for evaporation …

The effect of ink ball milling time on interparticle interactions and ink microstructure and their influence on crack formation in rod-coated catalyst layers

CM Baez-Cotto, JP Pfeilsticker, AO Godoy… - Journal of Power …, 2023 - Elsevier
This work investigates the influence of ballmilling (sometimes also referred to as jar roller
milling) time on cathode catalyst layer (CL) inks and electrode properties using formulations …

Controlled mud-crack patterning and self-organized cracking of polydimethylsiloxane elastomer surfaces

R Seghir, S Arscott - Scientific reports, 2015 - nature.com
Exploiting pattern formation–such as that observed in nature–in the context of
micro/nanotechnology could have great benefits if coupled with the traditional top-down …

Programming crack patterns with light in colloidal plasmonic films

F Thorimbert, M Odziomek, D Chateau, S Parola… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Crack formation observed across diverse fields like geology, nanotechnology, arts, structural
engineering or surface science, is a chaotic and undesirable phenomenon, resulting in …

Internal strain drives spontaneous periodic buckling in collagen and regulates remodeling

A Dittmore, J Silver, SK Sarkar… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - National Acad Sciences
Fibrillar collagen, an essential structural component of the extracellular matrix, is remarkably
resistant to proteolysis, requiring specialized matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) to initiate its …