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On the crack pattern formation in a freely drying protein film

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As shown for the first time by Rapis [7, 8], cracks appearing on the surface of an aqueous protein solution upon its dehydration under normal conditions usually form the same pattern. In this work, a model of processes responsible for the formation of this pattern is proposed.

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  1. Center for MHD Studies, Ben-Gurion University, Beer-Sheva, 84105, Israel

    E. Golbraikh

  2. Sour Medical Center, University of Tel-Aviv, Tel-Aviv, 64239, Israel

    E. G. Rapis

  3. Space Research Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Profsoyuznaya ul. 84/32, Moscow, 117810, Russia

    S. S. Moiseev

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Translated from Zhurnal Tekhnichesko\(\overset{\lower0.5em\hbox{$\smash{\scriptscriptstyle\smile}$}}{l} \) Fiziki, Vol. 73, No. 10, 2003, pp. 116–121.

Original Russian Text Copyright © 2003 by Golbraikh, Rapis, Moiseev.

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Golbraikh, E., Rapis, E.G. & Moiseev, S.S. On the crack pattern formation in a freely drying protein film. Tech. Phys. 48, 1333–1337 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1134/1.1620131

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