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.
Main Authors: | Jung, Sunghwan, Reis, Pedro Miguel, James, Jillian, Clanet, Christophe, Bush, John W. M. |
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Other Authors: | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering |
Format: | Article |
Language: | en_US |
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American Institute of Physics
2011
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/66217 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3984-828X https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7936-7256 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3931-3341 |
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