Decoupling parameters of adhesion from viscoelasticity in the human perception of stickiness

Nishtha Pant, Tulaja Shrestha, Laure V Kayser, Charles B Dhong

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Article in Materials horizons, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Nishtha PantDepartment of Materials Science & Engineering, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA. cdhong@udel.edu.

Tulaja ShresthaDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA.

Laure V KayserDepartment of Materials Science & Engineering, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA. cdhong@udel.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7143-2677

Charles B DhongDepartment of Materials Science & Engineering, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA. cdhong@udel.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3568-9859

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Research Supplements to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research (Admin Supp)R01EY032584 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE · PI Charles B. Dhong · 2022 to 2026

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NEI NIH HHS R01 EY032584

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Abstract

In engineering, the adhesion or "tack" of an object can be related to its bulk material properties and interfacial adhesion, sometimes quantified by a peak adhesive force or work of adhesion. However, it is unknown how these engineering contributions to adhesion compare to the human perception of "stickiness". Here, to decouple between adhesive and viscoelastic parameters, we used shear-stiffening elastomers to modulate viscoelastic and adhesive contributions by velocity. Through psychophysical testing, we discovered that the human perception of "stickiness" is best correlated to a non-canonical parameter,

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ElastomersAdhesivenessElasticityHumansViscosityElastomers

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PMID42396783

DOI10.1039/d6mh00478d

PMCPMC13329791

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