Thin objects are deformed in a range of applications and at a range of scales, from
graphene and the actuators used in soft robots to the light sails of spacecraft. Such …

An essential element in the web-trap architecture, the capture silk spun by ecribellate orb
spiders consists of glue droplets sitting astride a silk filament. Mechanically this thread …

We report on the elastocapillary deformation of flexible microfibers in contact with liquid
droplets. A fiber is observed to bend more as the size of the contacting droplet is increased …

We examine the shape of droplets atop deformable thin elastomeric films prepared with an
anisotropic tension. As the droplets generate a deformation in the taut film through capillary …

A flexible fiber carrying a liquid drop may coil inside the drop thereby creating a drop-on-
fiber system with an ultra-extensible behavior. During compression, the excess fiber is …

A droplet can deform a soft substrate due to capillary forces when they are in contact. We
study the static deformation of a soft solid layer coated on a rigid cylindrical fiber when an …

We study the equilibrium configurations related to the growth of an elastic fibre in a confining
flexible ring. This system represents a paradigm for a variety of biological, medical, and …

Capillary forces acting at the surface of a liquid drop can be strong enough to deform small
objects and recent studies have provided several examples of elastic instabilities induced by …

We investigate the mechanics of elastic fibres carrying liquid droplets. In such systems,
buckling may localize inside the drop cavity if the fibre is thin enough. This so-called drop-on …

Orb weavers produce webs that trap prey using a capture spiral formed of regularly spaced
glue droplets supported by protein fibers. Each droplet consists of an outer aqueous layer …