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Permeabilization of Adhered Cells Using an Inert Gas Jet
Published on: September 4, 2013
Cavitation in adhesives
1Laboratoire CNRS-ATOFINA (UMR 167), 95, rue Danton, B.P. 108, 92303 Levallois-Perret cedex, France.
Abstract:
The bubbles that usually appear in the bulk of an adhesive film during separation allow for a significant deformation of the adhesive material and are therefore an essential ingredient for a high dissipation. Recent observations have shown that they appear in the early stages of separation. The present model describes the early deformations induced in the film by the bubbles, and predicts how many will appear, depending on the separation velocity and on the number of weak points in the film. The trends we obtain are in agreement with observations.
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