Adhesion of microcapsules
Soft Condensed Matter
2008-11-25 v1
Abstract
The adhesion of microcapsules to an attractive contact potential is studied theoretically. The axisymmetric shape equations are solved numerically. Beyond a universal threshold strength of the potential, the contact radius increases like a square root of the strength. Scaling functions for the corresponding amplitudes are derived as a function of the elastic parameters.
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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0606357,
title = {Adhesion of microcapsules},
author = {Peter Graf and Reimar Finken and Udo Seifert},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0606357},
year = {2008}
}
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4 pages, 4 figures