Interactions between fluid flow and elastic structures are important in many naturally
occurring and engineered systems. This review collects and organizes recent theoretical …

Lift forces are widespread in hydrodynamics. These are typically observed for big and fast
objects and are often associated with a combination of fluid inertia (ie large Reynolds …

Hydrogels consist of a cross-linked polymer matrix imbibed with a solvent such as water at
volume fractions that can exceed 90%. They are important in many scientific and …

Frictional sliding between patterned surfaces is of fundamental and practical importance in
the haptic engineering of soft materials. In emerging applications such as remote surgery …

Reversible supramolecular bonds play an important role in materials science and in
biological systems. The equilibrium between open and closed bonds and the association …

While coupling between fluid flow and soft elastic surfaces is common in biology and
engineering, an analytical description is challenging as it often involves non-linear …

Elastohydrodynamic lubrication, or simply soft lubrication, refers to the motion of deformable
objects near a boundary lubricated by a fluid, and is one of the key physical mechanisms to …

We consider a cylinder immersed in viscous fluid moving near a flat substrate covered by an
incompressible viscoelastic fluid layer, and study the effect of the fluid viscoelasticity on the …

Lubrication flows appear in many applications in engineering, biophysics and nature.
Separation of surfaces and minimisation of friction and wear is achieved when the …

We study experimentally the motion of nondeformable microbeads in a linear shear flow
close to a wall bearing a thin and soft polymer layer. Combining microfluidics and 3D optical …