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Elastohydrodynamics of 3D chemically active filaments
Matthew D Butler, Benjamin J Walker, Thomas Montenegro-Johnson +1
Active deformable filaments exhibit a large range of qualitatively different three-dimensional dynamics, depending on their flexibility, the strength and nature of the active forci…
Slender Phoretic Loops and Knots
Panayiota Katsamba, Matthew D. Butler, Lyndon Koens +1
We present an asymptotic theory for solving the dynamics of slender autophoretic loops and knots. Our formulation is valid for non-intersecting 3D centrelines, with arbitrary chemi…
The swelling and shrinking of spherical thermo-responsive hydrogels
Matthew D. Butler, Thomas D. Montenegro-Johnson
Thermo-responsive hydrogels are a promising material for creating controllable actuators for use in micro-scale devices, since they expand and contract significantly (absorbing or…
Liquid bridge splitting enhances normal capillary adhesion and resistance to shear on rough surfaces
Matthew D. Butler, Dominic Vella
The effect of 'bridge splitting' is considered in the case of capillary adhesion: for a fixed total volume of liquid, does having more capillary bridges increase the total adhesion…