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![MIT mathematician Pedro Reis demonstrates the delamination that occurs when a surface is compressed: The tape detaches from the surface and forms blisters of uniform size and spacing. (Photo by Donna Coveney)](thumbnails/s166.jpg) |
![Delamination of a thin film from an elastic substrate](thumbnails/s167.jpg) |
![High-amplitude blister forming on a rigid substrate](thumbnails/s168.jpg) |
![Axisymmetric deformation of cylindrical wall from surface compression (top) and tension (bottom) and concentrated moments](thumbnails/s169.jpg) |
![Comparison of test and theory for axisymmetric deformation of cells](thumbnails/s170.jpg) |
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MIT mathematician Pedro Reis demonstrates the delamination that occurs when a surface is compressed: The tape detaches from the surface and forms blisters of uniform size and spacing. (Photo by Donna Coveney) |
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Delamination of a thin film from an elastic substrate |
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High-amplitude blister forming on a rigid substrate |
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Axisymmetric deformation of cylindrical wall from surface compression (top) and tension (bottom) and concentrated moments |
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Comparison of test and theory for axisymmetric deformation of cells |
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![Surface-tension-induced buckling of liquid-lined elastic tubes: a model for pulmonary airway closure](thumbnails/s171.jpg) |
![Void in an elastomer: Breathing, buckling, creasing](thumbnails/s172.jpg) |
![Proposed model representing the buckling destruction of polyethoxydisiloxane (PEDS) aerogels](thumbnails/s173.jpg) |
![Shape of a soap film attached to a flexible loop that resists bending and twisting](thumbnails/s174.jpg) |
![A growing filament confined in a compliant shell](thumbnails/s175.jpg) |
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Surface-tension-induced buckling of liquid-lined elastic tubes: a model for pulmonary airway closure |
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Void in an elastomer: Breathing, buckling, creasing |
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Proposed model representing the buckling destruction of polyethoxydisiloxane (PEDS) aerogels |
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Shape of a soap film attached to a flexible loop that resists bending and twisting |
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A growing filament confined in a compliant shell |
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![Behavior of growing fibers confined inside a compliant shell](thumbnails/s176.jpg) |
![Wrinkling of a thin sheet draped on a liquid droplet](thumbnails/s177.jpg) |
![Successive stages of wrinkling (buckling) and post-wrinkling (post-buckling) of the thin sheet draped over a liquid droplet](thumbnails/s178.jpg) |
![Buckling of growing biofilm](thumbnails/s179.jpg) |
![Buckling of a thin film strip in the narrow contact region between a cylinder wrapped around a sphere](thumbnails/s180.jpg) |
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Behavior of growing fibers confined inside a compliant shell |
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Wrinkling of a thin sheet draped on a liquid droplet |
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Successive stages of wrinkling (buckling) and post-wrinkling (post-buckling) of the thin sheet draped over a liquid droplet |
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Buckling of growing biofilm |
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Buckling of a thin film strip in the narrow contact region between a cylinder wrapped around a sphere |
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