Paper request
Could someone please attach the following paper. I currently researching on low temperature fusion bonding of III-V materials.
The effect of surface roughness on the adhesion of elastic solids
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Thank You Reviewers
I have noticed several online postings criticizing reviewers but haven’t seen a post appreciating them. Talking more about bad reviewers can give a wrong impression to the young researchers that the majority of the reviewers are bad. Therefore, I thought of sharing my experience.
We have published over 20 papers, and of course, got several rejections. However, I haven’t encountered an unreasonable reviewer yet. A reviewer can occasionally miss a point in a manuscript, but the reviewers repeatedly asked us fair questions and provided meaningful comments.
PhD position in modeling of soft materials @UT Austin
Two Ph.D. positions in the area of mechanics of soft materials are available immediately/Fall21/Spring22 at UT Austin. The students can choose to enroll in Engineering Mechanics or Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering. Some background in nonlinear solid mechanics, linear algebra, and numerical methods (finite element method and/or isogeometric analysis) is preferable, but not required!
PhD in Geomechanics or Engineering Science, CUBoulder
Funded PhD position in Engineering Science or Geomechanics
Are you interested in a funded PhD position? Do you have B.S. in Civil/Mechanical Engineering or M.S. in Structural/Geotechnical Engineering? Join our dynamic research team where you can work on ground-breaking discoveries in the interdisciplinary field of “Multiphysics at interfaces in porous materials”.
The Program:
PhD Position within ITN Newfrac and 1st Workshop
Dear mechanicians and friends,
I bring your attention on the available Early Research Stage (ESR) position, i.e. PhD position, within the International Training Network (ITN) NewFrac (www.newfrac.eu).
The corresponding link is available here
https://www.newfrac.eu/news/newfrac-reopen-phd-position-esr6-robert-bosch
Department Head, Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering Department, The University of Arizona
The University of Arizona seeks a strategic, collaborative leader to serve as head of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering. The head of AME, who reports to the College of Engineering dean, leads a dynamic department with a diverse group of faculty, staff, and students, plus modern teaching and research facilities. The department head must be an innovative and visionary academic leader who can spearhead the continuing transformation of AME for the challenges of the 21st century. Please see the attached file. Also, see bit.ly/az-ame-dept-head for the complete job posting.
Mechanotropism of single cells adhering to elastic substrates subject to exogenous forces
Adherent cells are able to actively generate internal forces, channeled by cytoskeletal protein filaments and transmitted through transmembrane receptors to the surrounding environment by means of focal adhesions.
Uniaxial stretch-release of rubber-plastic bilayers: strain dependent transition to stable helices, rolls, saddles, and tubes
Polymeric plastics deform irreversibly (i.e., inelastically) whereas rubbers deform reversibly, i.e., elastically.
Thus, uniaxially stretching a rubber-plastic bilayer composite beyond its yield point can create an elastic strain mismatch between the two layers. Upon release, the bilayer may then bend out-of-plane.
Bulky auxeticity, tensile buckling and deck-of-cards kinematics emerging from structured continua
Complex mechanical behaviours are generally met in macroscopically homogeneous media as effects of inelastic responses or as results of unconventional material properties, which are postulated or due to structural systems at the meso/micro-scale.
Examples are strain localization due to plasticity or damage and metamaterials exhibiting negative Poisson’s ratios resulting from special porous, eventually buckling, sub-structures.