Earthquake-like ruptures break the contacts that form the frictional interface separating
contacting bodies and mediate the onset of frictional motion (stick-slip). The slip (motion) of …

We analyze the role of temperature in the rate-independent cohesion and decohesion
behavior of an elastic film, mimicked by a one-dimensional mass-spring chain, grounded to …

Processes ranging from fracture of crystals to peeling of tape have been known for many
decades to emit light through a mechanism believed to be associated with electrical …

Although it is acknowledged that using periodically heterogeneous film can improve
adhesion properties without interface modification, there is still a lack of comprehensive …

We study the rate-independent decohesion process for a chain linked to a substrate through
a series of breakable elements with a softening mechanism. Such an assumption describes …

The debonding of pressure sensitive adhesives (PSA) is a classical example of the difficult
and unsolved issue of fracture in soft viscoelastic confined materials. The presence of a …

We present a model to study the non-steady V-shaped peeling of a viscoelastic thin tape
adhering to a rigid flat substrate. Geometry evolution and viscoelastic creep in the tape are …

Reversibility is of paramount importance in the correct representation of surface peeling in
various physical settings, ranging from motility in nature, to grip** devices in robotic …

Abstract “Oral” tribology has become a new paradigm in food texture studies to understand
complex texture attributes, such as creaminess, oiliness, and astringency, which could not …

We report an extensive experimental study of a detachment front dynamics instability,
appearing at microscopic scales during the peeling of adhesive tapes. The amplitude of this …