Wetting

Drop morphologies on flexible fibers: influence of elastocapillary effects
Various materials are made of long thin fibers that are randomly oriented to form a complex network in which drops of wetting liquid …
A. Sauret, F. Boulogne, K. Somszor, E. Dressaire, H. A. Stone
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Solid Capillarity: When and How does Surface Tension Deform Soft Solids?
Soft solids differ from stiff solids in an important way: their surface stresses can drive large deformations. Based on a topical …
B. Andreotti, O. Baumchen, F. Boulogne, K. E. Daniels, E. R. Dufresne, H. Perrin, T. Salez, J. H. Snoeijer, R. W. Style
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Tuning the receding contact angle on hydrogels by addition of particles
Control of the swelling, chemical functionalization, and adhesivity of hydrogels are finding new applications in a wide range of …
F. Boulogne, F. Ingremeau, L. Limat, H. A. Stone
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Tunable transport of drop on a vibrating fiber
Transport of liquid drops in fibrous media occurs in various engineering systems such as fog harvesting or cleaning of textiles. The …
A. Bick, F. Boulogne, A. Sauret, H. A. Stone
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Wetting morphologies on an array of fibers of different radii
We investigate the equilibrium morphology of a finite volume of liquid placed on two parallel rigid fibers of different radii. As …
A. Sauret, F. Boulogne, D. Cébron, E. Dressaire, H. A. Stone
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Wetting morphologies on randomly oriented fibers
A. Sauret, F. Boulogne, B. Soh, E. Dressaire, H. A. Stone
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