It is widely appreciated that surface tension can dominate the behavior of liquids at small
scales. Solids also have surface stresses of a similar magnitude, but they are usually …

Although negligible at large scales, capillary forces may become dominant for submillimetric
objects. Surface tension is usually associated with the spherical shape of small droplets and …

Cells compartmentalize parts of their interiors into liquid-like condensates, which can be
reconstituted in vitro. Although these condensates interact with membrane-bound …

The inkjet printing process involves a chain of processes in many physical domains at
different length and time scales. The final goal is the deposition of droplets of all kinds of …

A general introduction to surface and interfacial forces, perfectly combining theoretical
concepts, experimental techniques and practical applications. In this completely updated …

The laws of wetting are well known for drops on rigid surfaces but change dramatically when
the substrate is soft and deformable. The combination of wetting and the intricacies of soft …

Adherent cells, crawling slugs, peeling paint, sessile liquid drops, bearings and many other
living and non-living systems apply forces to solid substrates. Traction force microscopy …

From bone and wood to concrete and carbon fibre, composites are ubiquitous natural and
synthetic materials. Eshelby's inclusion theory describes how macroscopic stress fields …

Liquid marbles (LMs) are nonsticking droplets whose surfaces are covered with low-
wettability particles. Owing to their high mobility, shape reconfigurability, and widely …

Abstract The Johnson–Kendall–Roberts theory is the basis of modern contact mechanics. It
describes how two deformable objects adhere together, driven by adhesion energy and …