Decoupling fracture energy from crack area via surface patterning

IF 5.7 2区材料科学 Q2 CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL

Surfaces and Interfaces Pub Date : 2025-03-12 DOI:10.1016/j.surfin.2025.106066

Ping Hu , Shuangshung Li , Michal K. Budzik

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Abstract

This study investigates whether surface patterning can decouple fracture energy from treated area fractions and examines the relationship between surface wettability and fracture energy. By using a nanosecond pulsed laser to create square-shaped patterns on AA7075-T6 aluminum surfaces, we explore the impact of pattern size on wettability and fracture behavior, offering new insights into optimizing surface treatments for enhanced material performance. The pattern sizes ranged from the micrometer to millimeter scale, with reference samples, including fully untreated and fully laser-treated surfaces, also prepared and tested.

Wettability assessments revealed that increasing the laser-treated area fraction significantly enhanced wetting. Distinct differences between micro- and larger patterns were observed, with larger patterns altering the wetting area’s shape and reducing the effective contact angle. These findings highlighted a direct link between pattern geometry and wettability, which is important for predicting and controlling fracture energy.

Laser treatment profoundly impacted fracture energy and failure modes of epoxy bonded aluminum adherends. Untreated samples exhibited adhesive failure at low fracture energy values, whereas fully treated samples showed cohesive failure with fracture energy nine times higher. Intermediate cases displayed a mix of the two failure modes. Theoretical and numerical models were developed to predict and interpret these experimental results, highlighting that surface pattern size significantly influences adhesion and fracture properties.

The results suggest that fracture energy cannot be uniquely predicted by the treated area fraction alone, underscoring the potential of precise surface patterning to control crack growth resistance and suggesting a relationship between wettability and fracture energy.

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Surfaces and Interfaces Chemistry-General Chemistry

CiteScore

8.50

自引率

6.50%

发文量

753

审稿时长

35 days

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