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How Cats Lap: Water Uptake by Felis catus

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American Association for the Advancement of Science2010

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Elsevier2010

Imaging and characterization of activated CO2 species on Ni(110)

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By means of a joint experimental and theoretical approach we provide single molecule imaging and characterization of CO2 on Ni(110), chemisorbed with high charge transfer from the substrate in an activated state that plays a crucial role in the hydrogenati ...

2010

Tearing Graphene Sheets From Adhesive Substrates Produces Tapered Nanoribbons

Pedro Miguel Nunes Pereira de Almeida Reis

Graphene is a truly two-dimensional atomic crystal with exceptional electronic and mechanical properties. Whereas conventional bulk and thin-film materials have been studied extensively, the key mechanical properties of graphene, such as tearing and cracki ...

Wiley-Blackwell2010

Optimum thickness of joints made of GFRP pultruded adherends and polyurethane adhesive

Thomas Keller, Till Vallée

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Elsevier2010

Estimation of interfacial fracture toughness based on progressive edge delamination of a thin transparent coating on a polymer substrate

Yves Leterrier

Evaluation of interfacial toughness of sub-micron-thickness layers deposited on a ductile substrate is a challenging task which has motivated different experimental approaches Fragmentation testing was used in the present study as a means of interface char ...

Elsevier2010

Adhesion failures on hard coatings induced by interface anomalies

Silviu Cosmin Sandu

In this work, the lack of adhesion occurred during the up-scaling of the deposition of tribological coatings in a semi-industrial apparatus is interpreted. The adhesion problems were detected for both hard and self-lubricant coatings from W–Ti–N and W:C sy ...

2009

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