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Mechanical Control of Surface Adsorption by Nanoscale Cracking
Author(s) -
Zhuang Qiang,
Warren Scott C.,
Baytekin Bilge,
Demirörs Ahmet F.,
Pillai Pramod P.,
Kowalczyk Bartlomiej,
Baytekin H. Tarik,
Grzybowski Bartosz
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.201306335
Subject(s) - materials science , nanoscopic scale , nanomaterials , nanotechnology , cracking , adsorption , deposition (geology) , composite material , paleontology , chemistry , organic chemistry , sediment , biology
In materials design , cracks are often avoided rather than sought. Here, several design principles are implemented that allow cracks to be formed with high reproducibility and control. We show how strains applied to flexible substrates produce nanoscopic cracks mediating size‐, shape‐ and location‐selective deposition of nanomaterials.