@article{0372c9078a724fd684845aaa6c35156a,
title = "Contact mechanics and the adhesion of soft solids",
abstract = "The contact behavior of solid materials is determined by the system geometry, externally applied loads and internal adhesive forces, and by the materials properties. As the size and stiffness of a material decrease, adhesive forces become increasingly important in determining its contact behavior. The current trends toward the use of smaller features in many areas of technology, and the importance of 'soft' materials including biological tissues, elastomers and polymer gels, demand that the effects of adhesion on contact mechanics be properly understood. The focus of this review is on the mechanics of contact experiments that are commonly used to characterize adhesion, and on the materials science of adhesion of elastic and viscoelastic materials.",
keywords = "Adhesion, Contact mechanics, Elastomers, Gels",
author = "Shull, {Kenneth R.}",
note = "Funding Information: The author has benefited greatly from correspondence with several colleagues in the preparation of this review. These interactions have been particularly important with regard to the section on large-scale viscoelasticity. This section could not have been completed without the help of Dr. C.Y. Hui and Dr. Y.Y. Lin. Helpful comments regarding the entire manuscript from Dr. A.J. Crosby are also acknowledged, as are comments from Dr. W. Unertl, who also supplied preprints of his own unpublished work on viscoelastic contact mechanics. Much of this review was written while the author was a visiting scientist at the Ecole Sup{\'e}rieure de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles in Paris. Many helpful conversations with scientists there, and with Dr. C.F. Creton in particular, have contributed greatly to this work. Financial support from the NSF Division of Materials Research through grant DMR-9975468 is gratefully acknowledged. Copyright: Copyright 2008 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.",
year = "2002",
month = jan,
day = "31",
doi = "10.1016/S0927-796X(01)00039-0",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "36",
pages = "1--45",
journal = "Materials Science and Engineering: R: Reports",
issn = "0927-796X",
publisher = "Elsevier B.V.",
number = "1",
}