TY  - JOUR
U1  - Wissenschaftlicher Artikel
A1  - Fischer, Sarah
A1  - Boyadzhieva, Silviya
A1  - Hensel, René
A1  - Kruttwig, Klaus
A1  - Arzt, Eduard
T1  - Adhesion and relaxation of a soft elastomer on surfaces with skin like roughness
JF  - Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials
N2  - For designing new skin adhesives, the complex mechanical interaction of soft elastomers with surfaces of various roughnesses needs to be better understood. We systematically studied the effects of a wide set of roughness characteristics, film thickness, hold time and material relaxation on the adhesive behaviour of the silicone elastomer SSA 7–9800 (Dow Corning). As model surfaces, we used epoxy replicas obtained from substrates with roughness ranging from very smooth to skin-like. Our results demonstrate that films of thin and intermediate thickness (60 and 160 µm) adhered best to a sub-micron rough surface, with a pull-off stress of about 50 kPa. Significant variations in pull-off stress and detachment mechanism with roughness and hold time were found. In contrast, 320 µm thick films adhered with lower pull-off stress of about 17 kPa, but were less sensitive to roughness and hold time. It is demonstrated that the adhesion performance of the silicone films to rough surfaces can be tuned by tailoring the film thickness and contact time.
Y1  - 2018
UN  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:bsz:291:415-3351
UR  - http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1751616118300432
SN  - 1751-6161
SS  - 1751-6161
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmbbm.2018.01.032
DO  - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmbbm.2018.01.032
VL  - 80
SP  - 303
EP  - 310
ER  -