Publication Date:
2013-09-11
Description:
Author(s): Serge Mora, Corrado Maurini, Ty Phou, Jean-Marc Fromental, Basile Audoly, and Yves Pomeau Under the effect of surface tension, a blob of liquid adopts a spherical shape when immersed in another fluid. We demonstrate experimentally that soft, centimeter-size elastic solids can exhibit a similar behavior: when immersed into a liquid, a gel having a low elastic modulus undergoes large, reve... [Phys. Rev. Lett. 111, 114301] Published Tue Sep 10, 2013
Keywords:
Nonlinear Dynamics, Fluid Dynamics, Classical Optics, etc.
Print ISSN:
0031-9007
Electronic ISSN:
1079-7114
Topics:
Physics
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