Abstract: Adhesion between a solid sphere and a thin film is a common but crucial issue in the study of biological membranes and two-dimensional materials. To supplement quantitative knowledge of membrane adhesion, this work addresses ...

Abstract: Owing to the significant effects of adhesive force and surface/membrane tension, the classical contact models often fail to describe the indentation responses of soft materials and biological systems. This work addresses ...

Abstract: The oscillatory indentation has become an attractive approach to characterizing the viscoelastic properties of soft biological solids. However, the influences of surface tension on oscillatory responses are ignored, which ...

Abstract: Materials and structures with tunable mechanical properties are essential for numerous applications. However, constructing such structures poses a great challenge since it is normally very complicated to change the properties ...