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Lateral capillary forces

2013
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Abstract

Lateral capillary forces ensuing from perturbed fluid menisci are pivotal to many important technologies, including capillary self-alignment and self-assembly of heterogeneous microsystems. This chapter presents a comprehensive study of the quasi-statics of lateral capillary forces arising from a constrained cylindrical fluid meniscus subjected to small lateral perturbations. After a contextual literature review, we describe a novel experimental apparatus designed to accurately characterize such a fundamental system. We then reproduce our experimental data on lateral meniscus forces and stiffnesses by means of both a novel analytical model and a finite element model. The agreement between our measurements and our models validate earlier reports and provides a solid foundation for the applications of lateral capillary forces to microsystems handling and assembly.

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2013
Book Chapters

Abstract

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https://infoscience.epfl.ch/entities/publication/1d454342-ed6b-44cb-aab0-0876d536f203

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