Failure is defined by a coating's purpose, but a crack is a failure in almost every application.
Cracks cause problems in service when they first arise, well before they are widespread. By …

Drying complex fluids is a common phenomenon where a liquid phase transforms into a
dense or porous solid. This transformation involves several physical processes, such as the …

As sessile drops of aqueous colloidal suspensions dry, a close-packed particle deposit
forms that grows from the edge of the drop toward the center. To compensate for evaporation …

While the chemistry of artists' paints has previously been studied and reviewed, these
studies only capture a portion of the properties affecting the response of paint materials. The …

Drying and aging paint dispersions display a wealth of complex phenomena that make their
study fascinating yet challenging. To meet the growing demand for sustainable, high-quality …

The drying of complex fluids provides a powerful insight into phenomena that take place on
time and length scales not normally accessible. An important feature of complex fluids …

We report the effect of polarity and surface charge density on the nucleation and growth
kinetics of desiccation cracks in deposits of colloids formed by drying. We show that the …

Polygonal desiccation crack patterns are commonly observed in natural systems. Despite
their quotidian nature, it is unclear whether similar crack patterns which span orders of …

Crack channelling is predicted in a brittle coating-substrate system that is subjected to a
moisture or temperature gradient in the thickness direction. Competing failure scenarios are …

Crack channelling in a brittle, flexural bilayer, composed of a coating adhering to a substrate
of finite thickness, is addressed for the case of a uniform moisture content (or temperature) …