We have witnessed rapid and exciting development in electrowetting (EW) or electrowetting-
on-dielectric (EWOD) since 1990s. Owing to its great advantages such as easy operation …

Fundamental biological processes are carried out by curved epithelial sheets that enclose a
pressurized lumen. How these sheets develop and withstand three-dimensional …

We show that a drop of liquid a few hundred microns in diameter placed under a solid,
elastic, thin film (∼ 10 μm thick) causes it to bulge by tens of microns. The deformed shape …

An adhesively stressed thin film of a soft hydrogel confined between two rigid flat substrates
autoroughens with its dominant wavelength (λ) exhibiting pronounced dependence on the …

In this paper, the contact angle hysteresis (CAH) of nanodroplets on both rigid and flexible
substrates with different wettabilities was studied using molecular dynamics (MD) …

The equilibrium configuration of a liquid drop on a solid is determined by local energy
balance. For a very stiff substrate, energy balance is represented by Young's equation. The …

Evaporation of sessile water droplet on polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) surfaces with three
different curing ratios (5: 1, 10: 1, and 20: 1) was experimentally investigated in this paper …

Surface tension and gravity, whose influence on the deformation of conventional
engineering materials is negligible, become important for soft materials that are typically …

The equilibrium shape of a small liquid drop on a smooth rigid surface is governed by the
minimization of energy with respect to the change in configuration, represented by the well …

Wetting of aqueous sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) droplets on polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS)
surfaces during evaporation were experimentally studied. After a short-time spontaneous …