Role of temperature in the decohesion of an elastic chain tethered to a substrate by onsite breakable links

We analyze the role of temperature in the rate-independent cohesion and decohesion behavior of an elastic film, mimicked by a one-dimensional mass-spring chain, grounded to an undeformable substrate via a one-dimensional sequence of breakable links. In the framework of equilibrium statistical mechan...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Giuseppe Florio, Giuseppe Puglisi, Stefano Giordano
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society 2020-08-01
Series:Physical Review Research
Online Access:http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.2.033227