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Fluid-mediated impact of soft solids
Jacopo Bilotto, John Martin Kolinski, Brice Lecampion +3
A viscous, lubrication-like response can be triggered in a thin film of fluid squeezed between a rigid and flat surface and the tip of an incoming projectile. We develop a comprehe…
Elastocapillary menisci mediate interaction of neighboring structures at the surface of a compliant solid
Lebo Molefe, John Kolinski
Surface stress drives long-range elastocapillary interactions at the surface of compliant solids, where it has been observed to mediate interparticle interactions and to alter the…
The characteristic rupture height of the mediating air film beneath an impacting drop on atomically smooth mica
Ramin Kaviani, John M. Kolinski
Before a droplet can contact a surface during impact, it must first displace the air beneath it. Over a wide range of impact velocities, the air is compressed into a thin film, slo…
Crack tip kinematics reveal the cohesive zone structure in brittle hydrogel fracture
Chenzhuo Li, Xinyue Wei, Meng Wang +2
When brittle hydrogels fail, several mechanisms conspire to alter the state of stress near the tip of a crack, and it is challenging to identify which mechanism is dominant. In the…