2 papers
cond-mat.soft2022
Circumferential buckling of a hydrogel tube emptying upon dehydration
Michele Curatolo, Federico Lisi, Gaetano Napoli +1
A cylindrical hydrogel tube, completely submerged in water, hydrates by swelling and filling its internal cavity. When it comes back into contact with air, it dehydrates: the tube…
cond-mat.soft2020
Dehydration induced mechanical instabilities in active elastic spherical shells
Michele Curatolo, Gaetano Napoli, Paola Nardinocchi +1
Active-elastic instabilities are common phenomena in the natural world which have the aspect of sudden mechanical morphings. Frequently, the driving force of the instability mechan…