title: The role of substrate pre-stretch in post-wrinkling bifurcations.
abstract: When a stiff film on a soft substrate is compressed, the surface of the film forms wrinkles, with tunable wavelengths and amplitudes that enable a variety of applications. As the compressive strain increases, the film undergoes post-wrinkling bifurcations, leading to period doubling and eventually to formation of localized folds or ridges. Here we study the post-wrinkling bifurcations in films on pre-stretched substrates. Through a combination of experiments and simulations, we demonstrate that pre-stretched substrates not only show substantial shifts in the critical strain for the onset of post-wrinkling bifurcations, but also exhibit qualitatively different post-wrinkled states. In particular, we report on the stabilization of wrinkles in films on pre-tensioned substrates and the emergence of 'chaotic' morphologies in films on pre-compressed substrates.
authors.affiliation: Department of Polymer Science & Engineering, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, USA. rhayward@mail.pse.umass.edu.
authors.forename: Anesia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Auguste
authors.forename: Lihua
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Jin
authors.forename: Zhigang
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Suo
authors.forename: Ryan C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Hayward