Elasticity of an interfacial particle raft

We study the collective behaviour of a close-packed monolayer of non-Brownian particles at a fluid-liquid interface. Such a particle raft forms a two-dimensional elastic solid and can support anisotropic stresses and strains, e.g. it buckles in uniaxial compression and cracks in tension. We characte...

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Main Authors: Vella, D, Aussillous, P, Mahadevan, L
Formato: Journal article
Idioma:English
Publicado em: 2004