Issue 48, 2017

Switchable bumps of a bead-embedded elastomer surface with variable adhesion

Abstract

An extremely simple structural design of a composite material composed of an elastomer sheet and hard beads embedded at the surface is proposed to realize a shape-tunable surface; it reversibly forms bumps/undulations in response to in-plane tensile strain applied to the surface. Tribological properties such as adhesion therefore become switchable.

Graphical abstract: Switchable bumps of a bead-embedded elastomer surface with variable adhesion

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
17 Oct 2017
Accepted
03 Nov 2017
First published
14 Nov 2017
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

Soft Matter, 2017,13, 9082-9086

Switchable bumps of a bead-embedded elastomer surface with variable adhesion

T. Ohzono and K. Teraoka, Soft Matter, 2017, 13, 9082 DOI: 10.1039/C7SM02048A

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