000873543 001__ 873543 000873543 005__ 20210130004447.0 000873543 0247_ $$2doi$$a10.1039/C9SM01679A 000873543 0247_ $$2ISSN$$a1744-683X 000873543 0247_ $$2ISSN$$a1744-6848 000873543 0247_ $$2altmetric$$aaltmetric:68815570 000873543 0247_ $$2pmid$$apmid:31701113 000873543 0247_ $$2WOS$$aWOS:000502539900007 000873543 037__ $$aFZJ-2020-00811 000873543 082__ $$a530 000873543 1001_ $$0P:(DE-Juel1)178036$$aTiwari, Avinash$$b0$$ufzj 000873543 245__ $$aPhysics of suction cups 000873543 260__ $$aLondon$$bRoyal Soc. of Chemistry$$c2019 000873543 3367_ $$2DRIVER$$aarticle 000873543 3367_ $$2DataCite$$aOutput Types/Journal article 000873543 3367_ $$0PUB:(DE-HGF)16$$2PUB:(DE-HGF)$$aJournal Article$$bjournal$$mjournal$$s1580733146_821 000873543 3367_ $$2BibTeX$$aARTICLE 000873543 3367_ $$2ORCID$$aJOURNAL_ARTICLE 000873543 3367_ $$00$$2EndNote$$aJournal Article 000873543 520__ $$aWe have developed a theory of air leakage at interfaces between two elastic solids with application to suction cups in contact with randomly rough surfaces. We present an equation for the airflow in narrow constrictions which interpolates between the diffusive and ballistic (Knudsen) air-flow limits. To test the theory, we performed experiments using two different suction cups, made from soft polyvinylchloride (PVC), in contact with sandblasted polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) plates. We found that the measured time to detach (lifetime) of the suction cups was in good agreement with theory, except for surfaces with a root-mean-square (rms) roughness below ≈1 μm, where diffusion of plasticizer from the PVC to the PMMA surface caused blockage of critical constrictions. The suction cup volume, stiffness, and elastic modulus have a huge influence on the air leakage and hence the failure time of the cups. Based on our research we propose an improved biomimetic design of suction cups that could show improved failure times with varying degrees of roughness under dry and wet environments. 000873543 536__ $$0G:(DE-HGF)POF3-141$$a141 - Controlling Electron Charge-Based Phenomena (POF3-141)$$cPOF3-141$$fPOF III$$x0 000873543 588__ $$aDataset connected to CrossRef 000873543 7001_ $$0P:(DE-Juel1)130885$$aPersson, Bo$$b1$$eCorresponding author$$ufzj 000873543 773__ $$0PERI:(DE-600)2191476-X$$a10.1039/C9SM01679A$$gVol. 15, no. 46, p. 9482 - 9499$$n46$$p9482 - 9499$$tSoft matter$$v15$$x1744-6848$$y2019 000873543 8564_ $$uhttps://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/873543/files/c9sm01679a.pdf$$yRestricted 000873543 8564_ $$uhttps://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/873543/files/c9sm01679a.pdf?subformat=pdfa$$xpdfa$$yRestricted 000873543 909CO $$ooai:juser.fz-juelich.de:873543$$pVDB 000873543 9101_ $$0I:(DE-588b)5008462-8$$6P:(DE-Juel1)178036$$aForschungszentrum Jülich$$b0$$kFZJ 000873543 9101_ $$0I:(DE-588b)5008462-8$$6P:(DE-Juel1)130885$$aForschungszentrum Jülich$$b1$$kFZJ 000873543 9131_ $$0G:(DE-HGF)POF3-141$$1G:(DE-HGF)POF3-140$$2G:(DE-HGF)POF3-100$$3G:(DE-HGF)POF3$$4G:(DE-HGF)POF$$aDE-HGF$$bEnergie$$lFuture Information Technology - Fundamentals, Novel Concepts and Energy Efficiency (FIT)$$vControlling Electron Charge-Based Phenomena$$x0 000873543 9141_ $$y2019 000873543 915__ $$0StatID:(DE-HGF)0400$$2StatID$$aAllianz-Lizenz / DFG 000873543 915__ $$0StatID:(DE-HGF)0420$$2StatID$$aNationallizenz 000873543 915__ $$0StatID:(DE-HGF)0430$$2StatID$$aNational-Konsortium 000873543 915__ $$0StatID:(DE-HGF)0100$$2StatID$$aJCR$$bSOFT MATTER : 2017 000873543 915__ $$0StatID:(DE-HGF)0200$$2StatID$$aDBCoverage$$bSCOPUS 000873543 915__ $$0StatID:(DE-HGF)0300$$2StatID$$aDBCoverage$$bMedline 000873543 915__ $$0StatID:(DE-HGF)0199$$2StatID$$aDBCoverage$$bClarivate Analytics Master Journal List 000873543 915__ $$0StatID:(DE-HGF)0110$$2StatID$$aWoS$$bScience Citation Index 000873543 915__ $$0StatID:(DE-HGF)0150$$2StatID$$aDBCoverage$$bWeb of Science Core Collection 000873543 915__ $$0StatID:(DE-HGF)0111$$2StatID$$aWoS$$bScience Citation Index Expanded 000873543 915__ $$0StatID:(DE-HGF)1150$$2StatID$$aDBCoverage$$bCurrent Contents - Physical, Chemical and Earth Sciences 000873543 915__ $$0StatID:(DE-HGF)9900$$2StatID$$aIF < 5 000873543 9201_ $$0I:(DE-Juel1)IAS-1-20090406$$kIAS-1$$lQuanten-Theorie der Materialien$$x0 000873543 9201_ $$0I:(DE-Juel1)PGI-1-20110106$$kPGI-1$$lQuanten-Theorie der Materialien$$x1 000873543 980__ $$ajournal 000873543 980__ $$aVDB 000873543 980__ $$aI:(DE-Juel1)IAS-1-20090406 000873543 980__ $$aI:(DE-Juel1)PGI-1-20110106 000873543 980__ $$aUNRESTRICTED