A survey of recent literature on wetting phenomena reveals that there is a fast-growing
interest in wetting of soft or deformable substrates, due to its potential applications in many …

Elastocapillary phenomena involving elastic deformation of solid structures coupled with
capillary effects of liquid droplets/films can be observed in a diversity of fields, eg, biology …

A sessile droplet can deform the surface of a soft solid not only with its weight. The surface
tension pulls up a ridge at the perimeter of the drop, and the capillary pressure embosses a …

In this paper, we studied the role of vertical component of surface tension of a water droplet
on the deformation of membranes and microcantilevers (MCLs) widely used in lab-on-a-chip …

Gel layers bound to a rigid substrate are used in cell culture to control differentiation and
migration and to lower the friction and tailor the wetting of solids. Their thickness, often …

Elastocapillarity describes the deformations of soft materials by surface tensions and is
involved in a broad range of applications, from microelectromechanical devices to cell …

In this paper, the role of vertical component of surface tension of a droplet on the elastic
deformation of a finite-thickness flexible membrane was theoretically analyzed using Hankel …

Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) materials are classified as a silicone and commonly present a
hyperelastic behaviour. Many researchers have studied PDMS in recent years, motivated by …

Whereas classical surface chemistry holds that capillarity controls fluid behavior, recent
investigations indicate that it also dominates the mechanics of soft solids at scales below the …

The occurrence of concentration and temperature gradients in saline microdroplets
evaporating directly in air makes them unsuitable for nucleation studies where …