2009/07/18 by Yan Yan Shery Huang, Y. Y. Huang, Tuomas P. J. Knowles +6 · 1 citation
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #Electrohydrodynamics and Fluid Dynamics #FOS: Physical sciences #Ion-surface interactions and analysis #Magnetic and Electromagnetic Effects #Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci) #Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall) #cond-mat.mes-hall #cond-mat.mtrl-sci
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.0907.3176
arxiv created 2009/07/18 · openalex publication_date 2009/07/18 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
We propose a simple model to describe the cavitation-induced breakage of mesoscale filaments during their sonication in solution. The model predicts a limiting length below which scission no longer occurs. This characteristic length is a function of the tensile strength and diameter of the filament, as well as the solvent viscosity and cavitation parameters. We show that the model predicts accurately experimental results for materials ranging from carbon nanotubes to protein fibrils, and discuss the use of sonication-induced breakage as a probe for the strength of nanostructures.