Chemo-mechanical modeling of elastic thin-film electrodes on elastic substrates under chemical equilibrium

Buckling modes of elastic thin films on elastic substrates

Two buckling modes have been observed in thin films: buckle delamination and wrinkling. This letter identifies the conditions for selecting the favored buckling modes for elastic films on elastic substrates. Transition from one buckling mode to another is predicted as the stiffness ratio between the substrate and the film or is predicted for variation of the stiffness ratio between the substrat...

Innovative Elastic Thin-Film Solar Cell Structures

Meniscus instability in a thin elastic film

A new kind of meniscus instability leading to the formation of stationary fingers with a well-defined spacing has been observed in experiments with elastomeric films confined between a plane rigid glass and a thin curved glass plate. The wavelength of the instability increases linearly with the thickness of the confined film, but it is remarkably insensitive to the compliance and the energetics...

Nonlinear analysis of compressed elastic thin films on elastic substrates: From wrinkling to buckle-delamination

Article history: Received 3 December 2013 Received in revised form 8 July 2014 Available online 23 July 2014

Two-dimensional chemo-elasticity under chemical equilibrium

Article history: Received 11 May 2014 Received in revised form 21 October 2014 Available online 24 December 2014