Self-sustained lift and low friction via soft lubrication.

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Published in Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A on May 09, 2016

Authors

Baudouin Saintyves1, Theo Jules2, Thomas Salez3, L Mahadevan4

Author Affiliations

1: Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138;
2: Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138; Department de Physique, École Normale Supérieure, Université de Recherche Paris Sciences et Lettres, 75005 Paris, France;
3: Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138; Laboratoire de Physico-Chimie Théorique, UMR CNRS 7083 Gulliver, École Supérieure de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles de la Ville de Paris, Université de Recherche Paris Sciences et Lettres, 75005 Paris, France;
4: Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138; Department of Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138; Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138; Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138; Kavli Institute for Bionano Science and Technology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138 lm@seas.harvard.edu.