Table 1 Critical strain from the creep experiments as a function of roughness for particles with a 250 and 750 nm core diameter

From: Toughening colloidal gels using rough building blocks

Roughness factor

0

10

0

2

4

8

Core size [nm]

250

250

750

750

750

750

Asperity size [nm]

0

25

0

15

30

60

Critical strain [%]

0.3

18.9

0.19

0.44

5.23

10.2