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Elastocapillary Ridge as a Noninteger Disclination
Robin Masurel1, Matthieu Roché1, Laurent Limat1
1Laboratoire Matière et Systèmes Complexes, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS UMR 7057, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 10 Rue A. Domon et L. Duquet, F-75013 Paris, France.
Abstract:
Understanding the interfacial properties of solids with their environment is a crucial problem in fundamental science and applications. Elastomers have challenged the scientific community in this respect, and a satisfying description is still missing. Here, we argue that the interfacial properties of elastomers, such as their wettability, can be understood with a nonlinear elastic model with the assumption of a strain-independent surface energy. We show that our model captures accurately available data on elastomer wettability and discuss its implications.
