Self‐folding broadly refers to the assembly of 3D structures by bending, curving, and folding
without the need for manual or mechanized intervention. Self‐folding is scientifically …

We report on the capillarity-induced snapping of elastic beams. We show that a millimeter-
sized water drop gently deposited on a thin buckled polymer strip may trigger an …

A common class of fluid–structure interaction problems involves the dynamics of flexible
fibers immersed in a Stokesian fluid. In biology, this topic arises in modeling the flagella or …

Surface tension force plays a vital role when the length scale of a system is small (ie, in the
micro/nano meter range). In the case of compliant structures and soft substrates, the …

We consider the equilibrium of liquid droplets sitting on thin elastic sheets that are subject to
a boundary tension and/or are clamped at their edge. We use scaling arguments, together …

Capillary folding is the process of folding planar objects into three-dimensional (3-D)
structures using capillary force. It has many important industrial applications, eg the …

We describe bending by liquid/liquid or liquid/air interfaces as a simple and broadly
applicable technique for measuring the elastic modulus of thin elastic sheets. The balance …

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 …

Wetting highly compliant surfaces can cause them to deform. Atomically thin materials, such
as graphene, can have exceptionally small bending rigidities, leading to elasto-capillary …

Elastocapillarity has attracted increasing interest in recent years due to its important roles in
many industrial applications. In this work, we derive a thermodynamically consistent …