MEAM Ph.D. Thesis Defense: “Imperfect Adhesion Between Elastic Solids”
MEAM Ph.D. Thesis Defense: “Imperfect Adhesion Between Elastic Solids”
Surface force-mediated adhesion, i.e. via van der Waals forces, is critical for the direct bonding of bulk solids in the absence of an adhesive layer. However, no two surfaces are perfectly flat nor conformal and some have intentional patterns, which leads to imperfect adhesion, i.e. interface adhesion strength that is below its ideal strength. In […]