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An angle on sticky films

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The interplay of various mechanical forces leads to characteristic shapes of torn adhesive films. Analysis of these shapes provides potential for new approaches to material characterization.

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Figure 1: The geometry of a torn piece of film.

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  1. Jan Groenewold is at the van't Hoff laboratory for Physical and Colloid Chemistry, Debye Research Institute, Utrecht University, 3584 CH Utrecht, The Netherlands. jg@denk-werk.nl,

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Groenewold, J. An angle on sticky films. Nature Mater 7, 348–349 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat2175

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