Generation of strength in a drying film: How fracture toughness depends on dispersion properties.

@article{BirkBraun2017GenerationOS,
  title={Generation of strength in a drying film: How fracture toughness depends on dispersion properties.},
  author={Natalie Birk-Braun and Kamran Yunus and Eric J. Rees and Wilhelm Schabel and Alexander F. Routh},
  journal={Physical review. E},
  year={2017},
  volume={95 2-1},
  pages={
          022610
        }
}
The fracture toughness of colloidal films is measured by characterizing cracks which form during directional drying. Images from a confocal microscope are processed to measure the crack width as a function of distance from the crack tip. Applying theory for thin elastic films the fracture toughness is extracted. It is found that the fracture toughness scales with the particle size to the -0.8 power and that the critical energy release rate scales with the particle size to the -1.3 power. In… 
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