In this Hot Article Derek Breid and Alfred Crosby at the University of Massachusetts, USA, look at the effect of stress on wrinkles in thin films of poly(dimethylsiloxane). The team say their results highlight the importance of stress conditions on the formation of wrinkle patterns and this could help create patterned surfaces.
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Derek Breid and Alfred J. Crosby, Soft Matter, 2011, Advance Article DOI:10.1039/C1SM05152K
