Recent developments in the area of plant‐based hydrogels are introduced, especially those
derived from wood as a widely available, multiscale, and hierarchical source of …

Advancements in service-life prediction of concrete in freeze-thaw environments are
reviewed to help inform concrete design, specification, and future areas of research. Critical …

This paper examines the so-called capillary performance of a freeform porous structure
fabricated by advanced 3D metal printing technology. The fabricated structure is intended as …

Compressing a porous material will decrease the volume of the pore space, driving fluid out.
Similarly, injecting fluid into a porous material can expand the pore space, distorting the …

Fundamental understanding of capillary rise dynamics and precise evaluation of imbibition
processes should be considered in many natural and industrial phenomena. In the presence …

We mundanely observe cellulose (kitchen) sponges swell while absorbing water. Fluid flows
in deformable porous media, such as soils and hydrogels, are classically described on the …

Soft porous solids can change their shapes by absorbing liquids via capillarity. Such poro-
elasto-capillary interactions can be seen in the wrinkling of paper, swelling of cellulose …

We present a combined experimental and theoretical investigation of the dynamics of water
imbibition through paper with swelling. The Washburn equation has been widely used to …

Macroscopic soft actuation is intrinsic to living organisms in nature, including slow
deformation (eg, contraction, bending, twisting, and curling) of plants motivated by …

Surfactants play a variety of critical roles in tribology. In addition to controlling friction and
wear, they also allow for control of a wide range of properties of lubricants, such as …