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Telephone cord blister formation in solvent swollen elastomer films (2024)
Journal Article
Sharp, J. S., Roberts, N. M., & Walker, S. (2024). Telephone cord blister formation in solvent swollen elastomer films. Soft Matter, 20(44), 8812-8823. https://doi.org/10.1039/d4sm01035c

Video imaging was used to study large-slope folded telephone cord blister formation in solvent swollen films of polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) elastomers. Chlorobenzene, chloroform, heptane and toluene were used to swell PDMS films with thickness values... Read More about Telephone cord blister formation in solvent swollen elastomer films.

Piezoelectric excitation and acoustic detection of thin film polymer membrane vibrations (2024)
Journal Article
Roberts, N. M., & Sharp, J. S. (2024). Piezoelectric excitation and acoustic detection of thin film polymer membrane vibrations. Physical Review E, 109(1), Article 014802. https://doi.org/10.1103/physreve.109.014802

A simple method of measuring the vibrational response of a thin film membrane was developed. Piezoelectric excitation and acoustic detection (using a microphone) allowed the vibrational spectra of thin membranes to be measured in the kHz range. Vibra... Read More about Piezoelectric excitation and acoustic detection of thin film polymer membrane vibrations.