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Advances in Physical Chemistry
Volume 2011 (2011), Article ID 850243, 6 pages
doi:10.1155/2011/850243
Adhesion on Nanoorganized Multilayers
1Faculty of Sciences, Lebanese University, Hadath, P.O. Box 13-5789, Beirut, Lebanon
2Centre de Recherche sur les Matériaux Lignocellulosiques (CRML), Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Boulevard des Forges, Trois-Rivières, QC, G9A 5H7, Canada
Received 10 May 2011; Accepted 25 August 2011
Academic Editor: Jan Skov Pedersen
Copyright © 2011 Yolla Kazzi and Houssein Awada. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
Nanostructured multilayers composed of alternate organic (alkyldithiol) and metallic (gold) layers are grafted onto glass plates and prepared in order to modify the mechanical and local dissipative properties of a thin surface layer of the substrate. The adhesion phenomenon between a polyisoprene elastomer and these layers is presented and verified by two theories, namely, Johnson, Kendall, Roberts (JKR) and linear elastic fracture mechanics. The increase in adhesion with contact time following a power law has been clearly noted.