Rolling and ageing in T-ramp soft adhesion

• Published in: arXiv.org
• Main Authors: Boniello, Giuseppe, Tribet, Christophe, Emmanuelle, Marie, Croquette, Vincent, Zanchi, Dražen
• Format: Paper Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Ithaca Cornell University Library, arXiv.org 09.09.2017
• Subjects: Adhesion; Adsorption; Brownian motion; Colloids; Diffusion rate; Flat plates; Microparticles; Physics - Soft Condensed Matter; Polymer coatings; Polymers; Residence time distribution; Substrates

Immediately before adsorption to a horizontal substrate, sinking polymer-coated colloids can undergo a complex sequence of landing, jumping, crawling and rolling events. Using video tracking we studied the soft adhesion to a horizontal flat plate of micron-size colloids coated by a controlled molar...