Beneath the surface of rubber, wear is written at the molecular scale

The underlying mechanisms of elastomer wear revealed by a team of researchers from SIMM and reported in the journal Science Advances.

For more information, see:
– The news published on the ESPCI website: https://www.espci.psl.eu/fr/actualites/2026/sous-la-surface-du-caoutchouc-l-usure-s-ecrit-a-l
– The scientific article published in Science Advances: https://www.science.org/doi/full/10.1126/sciadv.aeb9858"


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