3 papers
cond-mat.soft2026
The Physics of Soft Adhesion
Katharine E. Jensen, Chelsea S. Davis
This review provides an introduction to the essential physics of soft adhesion, including the thermodynamics of adhesion and wetting, the mechanics of contact with deformable mater…
cond-mat.soft2025
Elastocapillary adhesion of soft gel microspheres
Joseph N. Headley, Edgar W. Lyons, Mathew Q. Giso +6
Softer means stickier for solid adhesives, because material compliance facilitates close contact between non-conformal surfaces. Recent discoveries have revealed that soft material…
physics.flu-dyn2025
How a leak can stop itself
Caroline D. Tally, Heather E. Kurtz, Rose B. Tchuenkam +2
Small fluid leaks are common and frequently troublesome. We often consider how to stop a leak, but here we ask a different question: how might a leak stop itself? We experimentally…