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 …

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 …

Experimental and theoretical results of late have pointed to elastomers filled with various
types of liquid inclusions as a promising new class of materials with unprecedented …

Surface stress, also known as surface tension, is a fundamental material property of any
interface. However, measurements of solid surface stress in traditional engineering …

A solid withdrawn from a liquid bath entrains a film. In this review, after recalling the
predictions and results for pure Newtonian liquids coated on simple solids, we analyze the …

A survey of recent literature on wetting phenomena reveals that there is a fast-growing
interest in wetting of soft or deformable substrates, due to its potential applications in many …

In this work, we experimentally investigate the impact of water droplets onto soft viscoelastic
surfaces with a wide range of impact velocities. Several impact phenomena, which depend …

Extremely compliant elastic materials, such as thin membranes or soft gels, can be deformed
when wetted by a liquid drop. It is commonly assumed that the solid capillarity in" soft …

Solid electrolytes, once believed to be the enabler for lithium metal anodes, mysteriously
exhibit irregular electrodeposition. Despite continued efforts, the mechanisms of …