Modeling and simulation in tribology across scales: An overview

AI Vakis, VA Yastrebov, J Scheibert, L Nicola, D Dini… - Tribology …, 2018 - Elsevier
This review summarizes recent advances in the area of tribology based on the outcome of a
Lorentz Center workshop surveying various physical, chemical and mechanical phenomena …

Quantitative characterization of surface topography using spectral analysis

TDB Jacobs, T Junge, L Pastewka - … Topography: Metrology and …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
Roughness determines many functional properties of surfaces, such as adhesion, friction,
and (thermal and electrical) contact conductance. Recent analytical models and simulations …

Fully organic compliant dry electrodes self-adhesive to skin for long-term motion-robust epidermal biopotential monitoring

L Zhang, KS Kumar, H He, CJ Cai, X He, H Gao… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Wearable dry electrodes are needed for long-term biopotential recordings but are limited by
their imperfect compliance with the skin, especially during body movements and sweat …

Three-dimensional piezoelectric polymer microsystems for vibrational energy harvesting, robotic interfaces and biomedical implants

M Han, H Wang, Y Yang, C Liang, W Bai, Z Yan… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Piezoelectric microsystems are of use in areas such as mechanical sensing, energy
conversion and robotics. The systems typically have a planar structure, but transforming …

Meeting the contact-mechanics challenge

MH Müser, WB Dapp, R Bugnicourt, P Sainsot… - Tribology Letters, 2017 - Springer
This paper summarizes the submissions to a recently announced contact-mechanics
modeling challenge. The task was to solve a typical, albeit mathematically fully defined …

Robust, self-adhesive, reinforced polymeric nanofilms enabling gas-permeable dry electrodes for long-term application

Y Wang, S Lee, H Wang, Z Jiang… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Robust polymeric nanofilms can be used to construct gas-permeable soft electronics that
can directly adhere to soft biological tissue for continuous, long-term biosignal monitoring …

Polymer Adhesion: Seeking New Solutions for an Old Problem#

G Raos, B Zappone - Macromolecules, 2021 - ACS Publications
Polymer adhesion is ubiquitous in both the natural world and human technology. It is also a
complex multiscale phenomenon, such that the solution of adhesion problems requires a …

Soft robotic steerable microcatheter for the endovascular treatment of cerebral disorders

T Gopesh, JH Wen, D Santiago-Dieppa, B Yan… - Science robotics, 2021 - science.org
Catheters used for endovascular navigation in interventional procedures lack dexterity at the
distal tip. Neurointerventionists, in particular, encounter challenges in up to 25% of …

Bioinspired multiscale wet adhesive surfaces: structures and controlled adhesion

Y Chen, J Meng, Z Gu, X Wan, L Jiang… - Advanced Functional …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
In nature, many organisms are able to accommodate a complex living environment by
develo** biological wet adhesive surfaces with unique functions such as fixation and …

Colloquium: Modeling friction: From nanoscale to mesoscale

A Vanossi, N Manini, M Urbakh, S Zapperi… - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2013 - APS
The physics of sliding friction is gaining impulse from nanoscale and mesoscale
experiments, simulations, and theoretical modeling. This Colloquium reviews some recent …