Adhesion of Filled Rubber at the Nanoscale.

ABSTRACT: Adhesion of soft materials to surfaces is significant, considering many industrial applications. Here, we present a computational study for a fundamental understanding of contact and adhesion of filled rubber at the nanoscale. The study includes consideration of the local nanoscale roughness of the filled rubber surface and the underlying substrate. A rubber surface-substrate interaction model is created. Contact area and adhesion energies are determined for different local stress and local temperature values. We performed two different sets of computer simulations. The first set or the homogeneous medium set shows the importance of local surface topography at the nanometer length scales. The second set or the heterogeneous set shows the importance of local elastic properties in conjunctio

SUBMITTER: Buldum A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12593023 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature