A capillary surface is an interface between two fluids whose shape is determined primarily
by surface tension. Sessile drops, liquid bridges, rivulets, and liquid drops on fibers are all …

Many lab-on-a-chip applications require processing of droplets, cells, and particles using
narrow confinements. The physics governing the process of a particle squeezing through …

Liquid lenses are attractive for applications in adaptive optics requiring a fast response,. In
conventional designs focusing time is limited by liquid inertia and the time it takes for …

An inviscid spherical liquid drop held by surface tension exhibits linear oscillations of a
characteristic frequency and mode shape (Rayleigh oscillations). If the drop is pinned on a …

Liquid microlenses are attractive for adaptive optics because they offer the potential for both
high speed actuation and parallelization into large arrays. Yet, in conventional designs …

The small scales associated with lab-on-a-chip technologies lend themselves well to
capillarity-dominated phenomena. We demonstrate a new capillarity-dominated system …

Many applications for lab on a chip (LOC) devices require the use of two or more fluids that
are either not chemically related (eg oil and water) or in different phases (eg liquid and gas) …

A spherical drop is constrained by a solid support arranged as a latitudinal belt. This belt
support splits the drop into two deformable spherical caps. The edges of the support are …

The equilibrium shape of a drop in contact with solid surfaces can undergo continuous or
discontinuous transitions upon changes in either drop volume or surface energies. In many …

A spherical drop is constrained by a solid support arranged as a latitudinal belt. The
spherical belt splits the drop into two deformable spherical caps. The edges of the belt …