Capillary origami in nature

Capillary forces dominate gravity on a small scale and may deform flexible bodies in both natural and laboratory settings. Two examples are considered here: floating flowers and spider webs.

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Main Authors: Jung, Sunghwan, Reis, Pedro Miguel, James, Jillian, Clanet, Christophe, Bush, John W. M.
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
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Language:en_US
Published: American Institute of Physics 2011
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/66217
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spelling mit-1721.1/662172022-09-26T11:50:25Z Capillary origami in nature Jung, Sunghwan Reis, Pedro Miguel James, Jillian Clanet, Christophe Bush, John W. M. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mathematics Reis, Pedro Miguel Reis, Pedro Miguel Jung, Sunghwan James, Jillian Bush, John W. M. Capillary forces dominate gravity on a small scale and may deform flexible bodies in both natural and laboratory settings. Two examples are considered here: floating flowers and spider webs. 2011-10-12T14:48:54Z 2011-10-12T14:48:54Z 2009-09 2009-07 Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle 1070-6631 1089-7666 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/66217 Jung, Sunghwan et al. “Capillary origami in nature.” Physics of Fluids 21 (2009): 091110. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3984-828X https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7936-7256 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3931-3341 en_US http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3205918 Physics of Fluids Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use. application/pdf American Institute of Physics MIT web domain
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