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Investigating Pore‐Opening of Hydrogel Foams at the Scale of Freestanding Thin Films
Author(s) -
Andrieux Sébastien,
Patil Mayur,
Jacomine Leandro,
HourlierFargette Aurélie,
Heitkam Sascha,
Drenckhan Wiebke
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
macromolecular rapid communications
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.348
H-Index - 154
eISSN - 1521-3927
pISSN - 1022-1336
DOI - 10.1002/marc.202270051
Subject(s) - thin film , materials science , microfluidics , polymer , composite material , chemical engineering , nanotechnology , engineering
Back Cover : In article number 2200189 by Sébastien Andrieux, Wiebke Drenckhan, and co‐authors, the evolution of gelling alginate thin films upon drying in a microfluidic thin film pressure balance is demonstrated. A tear appears and spreads as the thin film dries. Such an experiment could be the basis for an in‐depth investigation of the film rupture mechanisms responsible for pore‐opening in polymer foams.