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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 |
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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 |
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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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