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LC Lutz-Christian Gerhardt
Researcher at University of St. Gallen
Publications - 8
Citations - 1276
LC Lutz-Christian Gerhardt is an academic researcher from University of St. Gallen. The author has contributed to research in topics: Tribology & Human skin. The author has an hindex of 7, co-authored 8 publications receiving 1161 citations. Previous affiliations of LC Lutz-Christian Gerhardt include ETH Zurich.
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A Simple, One-Step Approach to Durable and Robust Superhydrophobic Textiles**
Jan Zimmermann,Felix A. Reifler,Giuseppino Fortunato,LC Lutz-Christian Gerhardt,Stefan Seeger +4 more
TL;DR: In this article, superhydrophobic textile fabrics are prepared by a simple, one-step gas phase coating procedure by which a layer of polymethylsilsesquioxane nanofilaments is grown onto the individual textile fibers.
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Influence of epidermal hydration on the friction of human skin against textiles.
LC Lutz-Christian Gerhardt,LC Lutz-Christian Gerhardt,V. Strässle,A Lenz,Nicholas D. Spencer,S. Derler +5 more
TL;DR: Increasing skin hydration seems to cause gender-specific changes in the mechanical properties and/or surface topography of human skin, leading to skin softening and increased real contact area and adhesion.
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Friction of human skin against smooth and rough glass as a function of the contact pressure
TL;DR: In this article, the authors studied the friction behavior of human skin by combining friction measurements using a tri-axial force plate with skin contact area measurements using pressure sensitive film and found that adhesion was involved in all investigated cases of friction between skin and glass.
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Skin–textile friction and skin elasticity in young and aged persons
TL;DR: This study has investigated in detail the influence of age on the friction of human skin against textiles.
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Study of skin-fabric interactions of relevance to decubitus: friction and contact-pressure measurements
TL;DR: The contact phenomena at the skin–textile interface and the development of a purpose‐built textile friction analyser (TFA) for the tribological assessment of skin–fabric interactions, in connection with decubitus prevention are described.