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Camille Duprat¹, Camille Noûs², Suzie Protière³

¹LadHyX, CNRS, École Polytechnique, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, UMR 7646, 91128 Palaiseau, France. camille.duprat@ladhyx.polytechnique.fr.

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We discovered how to maintain strong wet adhesion between deformable fibers by coupling fiber deformation with capillarity. A unique peeling regime exists where pull-off force remains constant during debonding, controllable via material properties.

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Area of Science:

Physics
Materials Science
Surface Science

Background:

Understanding wet adhesion is crucial for designing soft materials and microdevices.
Capillary forces play a significant role in the adhesion of deformable objects.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate the mechanics of wet adhesion between two deformable fibers.
To identify and characterize novel adhesion regimes.
To determine the factors controlling adhesive forces and debonding behavior.

Main Methods:

Theoretical modeling of fiber deformation and capillary interactions.
Analysis of the interplay between elasticity and capillarity during debonding.
Identification of dimensionless parameters governing the adhesion regime.

Main Results:

Demonstrated that coupling fiber deformation with capillarity sustains strong adhesive forces.
Identified a unique peeling regime where pull-off force is constant during debonding.
Showed that elasticity and capillarity balance in this regime.
Established that a single dimensionless parameter controls adhesive force and the existence of the peeling regime.

Conclusions:

The study reveals a controllable mechanism for strong wet adhesion in deformable fibers.
The identified self-adjusted peeling regime offers potential for designing robust adhesive interfaces.
Material properties can be tuned to optimize adhesive performance based on the dimensionless parameter.