Adhesive loose packings of small dry particles1. Issue 32 (28th August 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Liu, Wenwei; Li, Shuiqing; Baule, Adrian; Makse, Hernán A.
• Is Part Of: Soft matter. Volume 11:Issue 32(2015)
• Page Start: 6492
• Page End: 6498
• Publication Date: 2015-08-28
• Subjects: Soft condensed matter -- Periodicals; 530.413
• DOI: 10.1039/c5sm01169h
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1744-683X

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="toc"> <title> <x xml:space="preserve">Abstract</x> </title> <p> <graphic position="anchor" id="ga" xlink:href="ark:/27927/pgj2ds4hvcd" xlink:type="simple" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" />We explore adhesive loose packings of small dry spherical particles of micrometer size using 3D discrete-element simulations with adhesive contact mechanics and statistical ensemble theory. A dimensionless adhesion parameter Ad successfully combines the effects of particle velocities, sizes and the work of adhesion, identifying a universal regime of adhesive packings for Ad &gt; 1.</p> </abstract>