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Physics of Contact and Adhesion with application to biological systems - ICTP Colloquium

30.08.2019 tribonet 202 Views

A talk by Professor Bo Persson on contact mechanics and adhesion in biological systems. Abstract: One of the weakest forces in nature is the van der Waals interaction which acts between all atoms and solids. […]

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