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cond-mat.soft2013★ 341 cited
Surface tension and contact with soft elastic solids
Robert W. Style, Callen Hyland, Rostislav Boltyanskiy +2
Johnson-Kendall-Robert (JKR) theory is the basis of modern contact mechanics. It describes how two deformable objects adhere together, driven by adhesion energy and opposed by elas…
cond-mat.soft2013★ 229 cited
Patterning droplets with durotaxis
Robert W. Style, Yonglu Che, Su Ji Park +8
Numerous cell-types have shown a remarkable ability to detect and move along gradients in stiffness of an underlying substrate -- a process known as durotaxis. The mechanisms under…