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 …

From bone and wood to concrete and carbon fibre, composites are ubiquitous natural and
synthetic materials. Eshelby's inclusion theory describes how macroscopic stress fields …

We establish a tool for direct measurements of the work needed to separate a liquid from a
solid. This method mimics a pendant drop that is subjected to a gravitational force that is …

A biomimetic cellular‐eating phenomenon in gallium‐based liquid metal to realize particle
internalization in full‐pH‐range solutions is reported. The effect, which is called liquid metal …

Soft particles can be better emulsifiers than hard particles because they stretch at fluid
interfaces. This deformation can increase adsorption energies by orders of magnitude …

Eshelby's theory of inclusions has wide-reaching implications across the mechanics of
materials and structures including the theories of composites, fracture, and plasticity …

This work concerns interfacial adsorption and attachment of swollen microgel with low-to
medium-level cross-linking density. Compared to colloids that form a second, dispersed …

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 …

In the classic theory of solid adhesion, surface energy drives deformation to increase contact
area whereas bulk elasticity opposes it. Recently, solid surface stress has been shown also …