On elastocapillarity: A review

Acta Mechanica Sinica/Lixue Xuebao

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 928-940

  Liu, Jian Lin ^a   Feng, Xi Qiao ^b  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM   (China)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Biomimetic; Elastocapillarity; Instability; Microstructure; Self assembly; Soft matter; Surface tension; Wetting Adhesion

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED MATERIALS; ANALYSIS METHOD; BIOMIMETIC DESIGN; CAPILLARY EFFECTS; CAPILLARY FORCE; DEFORMATION OF SOLIDS; ELASTOCAPILLARITY; LIQUID DROPLETS; NANO SCALE; PHYSICAL MECHANISM; SOFT MATTER; WETTING-ADHESION;

ADHESION; BIOMIMETICS; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; DESIGN; ELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; MEMS; MICROSTRUCTURE; PLASMA STABILITY; SELF ASSEMBLY; SURFACE TENSION;

BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS;

EID: 84870308046     PISSN: 05677718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10409-012-0131-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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