Drops on soft solids: Free energy and double transition of contact angles

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 747, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Lubbers, L A ^a   Weijs, J H ^a   Botto, L ^b   Das, S ^c   Andreotti, B ^d   Snoeijer, J H ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d ESPCI   (France)

^e EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

capillary flows; contact lines; drops

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY FLOW; DROPS; SUBSTRATES; WETTING;

CONTACT LINES; ELASTIC SUBSTRATE; EQUILIBRIUM SHAPE; LENGTH SCALE; MOLECULAR SIZE; SOLID SURFACE ENERGY; TOTAL FREE ENERGY; WETTING ANGLE;

FREE ENERGY;

DROPLET; ELASTIC MODULUS; EQUILIBRIUM; FLUID FLOW; SURFACE TENSION; WETTING; DEFORMATION; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; SUBSTRATE;

EID: 84898639807     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/jfm.2014.152     Document Type: Article

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