Adhesion of microcapsules.
The adhesion of microcapsules to an attractive contact potential is studied theoretically. The axisymmetric shape equations are solved numerically. Beyond a universal threshold strength of the potential, the contact radius increases in proportion to the square root of the strength. Scaling functions for the corresponding amplitudes are derived as a function of the elastic parameters.
Graf
Peter
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II. Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität Stuttgart, 70550 Stuttgart, Germany.
Finken
Reimar
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Seifert
Udo
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