Capillary induced self-assembly of thin foils into 3D structures

Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids

Volumn 58, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2033-2042

  Li, Huan ^a   Guo, Xiaoying ^b   Nuzzo, Ralph G ^a,b   Jimmy Hsia, K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

Bending rigidity; Capillary force; Folding; Self assembly; Thin films

Indexed keywords

3-D SHAPE; 3D STRUCTURE; BEAM THEORIES; BENDING RIGIDITY; CAPILLARY FORCE; COMPLEX STRUCTURE; DIFFERENT GEOMETRY; DRIVING FORCES; EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; FLUID SOLID INTERACTION; FOLDING; FOLDING PARAMETER; MECHANICS MODELS; MODEL PREDICTION; SELF-ASSEMBLY PRINCIPLES; THIN FOIL; THIN PLATE;

BLOOD VESSELS; RIGID STRUCTURES; RIGIDITY; SELF ASSEMBLY; THIN FILMS;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 78049321824     PISSN: 00225096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmps.2010.09.011     Document Type: Article

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