2024-03-19T11:52:10Zhttps://eprints.lib.hokudai.ac.jp/dspace-oai/requestoai:eprints.lib.hokudai.ac.jp:2115/677842022-11-17T02:08:08Zhdl_2115_64361hdl_2115_64360Liquid Droplets Act as “Compass Needles” for the Stresses in a Deformable MembraneSchulman, Rafael D.Ledesma-Alonso, RenéSalez, ThomasRaphaël, ElieDalnoki-Veress, Kariopen access©2017 American Physical Society420We examine the shape of droplets atop deformable thin elastomeric films prepared with an anisotropic tension. As the droplets generate a deformation in the taut film through capillary forces, they assume a shape that is elongated along the high tension direction. By measuring the contact line profile, the tension in the membrane can be completely determined. Minimal theoretical arguments lead to predictions for the droplet shape and membrane deformation that are in excellent agreement with the data. On the whole, the results demonstrate that droplets can be used as probes to map out the stress field in a membrane.American Physical Society2017-05-11engjournal articleVoRhttp://hdl.handle.net/2115/67784https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.118.198002285485270031-9007AA00773679Physical Review Letters118198002-1198002-6https://eprints.lib.hokudai.ac.jp/dspace/bitstream/2115/67784/2/PhysRevLett.118.198002.pdfapplication/pdf798.93 KB2017-05-11https://eprints.lib.hokudai.ac.jp/dspace/bitstream/2115/67784/1/Schulman2016_SI.pdfapplication/pdf459.09 KB2017-05-11