Evaluation of capillary-induced deformation of thin plates due to liquid column formation

Kosuke Takahashi, Seiji Sugita, and Shuzo Oshima et al.

Deformation induced by capillarity is quantitatively evaluated in this study. A pair of polymer plates, fixed at one end and immersed in liquid, bends because of capillary forces from a liquid column formed between the plates. Bending proceeds to either contact or collapse the plates if their gap ... [Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 043113 (2013)] published Wed Jul 24, 2013.



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