Direct measurement of strain-dependent solid surface stress

Solid surface stress is a fundamental property of solid interfaces. Here authors measure the solid surface stress of a gel, and show its dependence on surface strain through a surface modulus.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Qin Xu, Katharine E. Jensen, Rostislav Boltyanskiy, Raphaël Sarfati, Robert W. Style, Eric R. Dufresne
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-09-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-00636-y

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