The spreading of a liquid over a solid material is a key process in a wide range of
applications. While this phenomenon is well understood when the solid is undeformable, its …

Understanding the interfacial properties of solids with their environment is a crucial problem
in fundamental science and applications. Elastomers have challenged the scientific …

We study wetting of an elastic membrane whose surface can resist stretch by surface stress.
Through energy minimization, we obtain the general equilibrium equations and a …

Equilibrium shapes are obtained for sessile and pendant liquid drops placed on elastic
membranes in two-dimensions. The membrane is allowed to undergo large deformations …

The spreading of a liquid over a solid material is a key process in a wide range of
applications. While this phenomenon is well understood when the solid is undeformable, its" …

All phases of matter, solid, liquid or gas, present some excess energy, compared to their
bulk, at their interfaces with other materials. This excess of energy, known as the surface …

Liquid drops on deformable soft substrates exhibit quite complicated wetting behavior as
compared to those on rigid solid substrates. We report on a soft wetting behavior of Co …