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Below is a chronologically ordered list of my publications in refereed journals. For a list of recent highlights see my profile at the Mathematical Institute.

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Refereed Articles

    Forthcoming

  1. Tension-induced giant actuation in unstructured elastic sheets
    K. Guo, M. Suñé, K. M. Li, K. J. Hsia, M. Liu and D. Vella
    [arxiv]

    		2.

  2. Substrate Curvature Curbs the Coffee Ring Effect
    J. McCarthy, A. Castrejón-Pita, M. Adda-Bedia and D. Vella
    [arxiv]

    		3.
  3. Morpho-mechanics of pressurized cellular sheets
    T. G. J. Chandler, J. Ferria, O. Shorthose, J.-M. Allain, P. Maiolino, A. Boudaoud and D. Vella
    J. R. Soc. Interf. (in revision)
    [arxiv] [Data]

    		4.
  4. Mechanics of elliptical JKR-type adhesive contact
    A. Giudici, D. Vella and I. M. Griffiths
    J. Phys. D (in press)
    [arxiv]

    		5.
  5. Uncovering the mechanical secrets of the squirting cucumber
    F. Box, D. E. Moulton, D. Vella, Y. Bhagotra, T. Lowe, A. Goriely and C. Thorogood
    Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA (in press)
    [ORA Record] [Data]

    6. 2025

  6. Axisymmetric membrane nano-resonators: A comparison of nonlinear reduced-order models
    S. Palathingal and D. Vella
    Int. J. Nonlin. Mech. 168, 104933 (2025)
    [ORA Record] [arxiv]

    		7.

    2024

  7. Transient amplification of broken symmetry in elastic snap-through
    Q. Wang, A. Giudici, W. Huang, Y. Wang, M. Liu, S. Tawfick and D. Vella
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 132, 267201 (2024)
    [ORA Record] [arxiv]

    		8.
  8. Exploiting dynamic bifurcation in elastic ribbons for mode skipping and selection
    W. Huang, T. Yu, D. Vella, K. J. Hsia and M. Liu
    J. Mech. Phys. Solids 190, 105721 (2024)
    [ORA Record] [arxiv]

    		9.
  9. Dehydration-induced corrugated folding in Rhapsis excelsa plant leaves
    K. Guo, M. Liu, D. Vella, S. Suresh and K. J. Hsia
    Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA 121, e2320259121 (2024).
    [ORA Record]

    10. 2023

  10. Wrinkling composite sheets
    M. Suñé, C. Arratia, A. F. Bonfils, D. Vella and J. S. Wettlaufer
    Soft Matter 19, 8729-8743 (2023).
    [ORA Record] [arxiv]

    		11.

  11. Flattened and wrinkled encapsulated droplets: Shape-morphing induced by gravity and evaporation
    D. Riccobelli, H. H. Al-Terke, P. Laaksonen, P. Metrangolo, A. Paananen, R. H. A. Ras, P. Ciarletta and D. Vella
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 130, 218202 (2023).
    [ORA Record] [arxiv]
    [Also summarized in Physics (24th May 2023).]

  12. Delamination from an adhesive sphere: Curvature-induced dewetting versus buckling
    F. Box, L. Domino, T. Outerelo Corvo, M. Adda-Bedia, V. Démery, D. Vella and B. Davidovitch
    Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA 120, e2212290120 (2023).
    [ORA Record] [arxiv]

    		13.  Knee

  13. Insect-scale jumping robots enabled by a dynamic buckling cascade
    Y. Wang, Q. Wang, M. Liu, Y. Qin, L. Cheng, O. Bolmin, M. Alleyne, A. Wissa, R. H. Baughman, D. Vella and S. H. Tawfick
    Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA 120, e2210651120 (2023).
    [ORA Record]
    [Also summarized in Science (24th February 2023).]

  14. Bendocapillary Instability of Liquid in a Flexible-Walled Channel
    A. T. Bradley, I. J. Hewitt and D. Vella
    J. Fluid Mech. 955, A26 (2023).
    [ORA Record] [arxiv]

  15. Snap-induced morphing: From a single bistable shell to the origin of shape bifurcation in interacting shells
    M. Liu, L. Domino, I. Dupont de Dinechin, M. Taffetani and D. Vella
    J. Mech. Phys. Solids 170, 105116 (2023).
    [ORA Record] [arxiv]

    16. 2022

  16. Effect of Macroscopic Surface Heterogeneities on an Advancing Contact Line
    S. S. Melides, D. Vella and M. Ramaioli
    Langmuir 38, 13358-13369 (2022).
    [ORA Record] [arxiv]

    		17.

  17. Shape-morphing structures based on perforated kirigami
    Y. Zhang, J. Yang, M. Liu and D. Vella
    Extr. Mech. Lett. 56, 101857 (2022).
    [ORA Record] [arxiv]

  18. Mechanical-electrochemical coupling theory of bacterial cells
    H. Zhang, H. Wang, Y. Gao, K. Zhang, D. Vella and X.-Q. Feng
    Int. J. Solids Struct. 252, 111804 (2022).
    [ORA Record]

  19. Droplets on Lubricated Surfaces: The slow dynamics of skirt formation
    Z. Dai and D. Vella
    Phys. Rev. Fluids 7, 054003 (2022).
    [ORA Record] [arxiv] [Data]

  20. The nascent coffee ring with arbitrary droplet contact set: an asymptotic analysis
    M. R. Moore, D. Vella and J. M. Oliver
    J. Fluid Mech. 940, A38 (2022).
    [ORA Record] [arxiv]

    		21. Coffee

  21. Compression of a pressurized spherical shell by a spherical or flat probe
    E. Couturier, D. Vella and A. Boudaoud
    Eur. Phys. J. E 45, 13 (2022).
    [ORA Record] [arxiv]

  22. Liquid bridge splitting enhances normal capillary adhesion and resistance to shear on rough surfaces
    M. D. Butler and D. Vella
    J. Coll. Interf. Sci. 607, 514-529 (2022).
    [ORA Record] [arxiv] [Data]

    23. 2021

  23. Droplet trapping in bendotaxis caused by contact angle hysteresis
    A. T. Bradley, I. J. Hewitt and D. Vella
    Phys. Rev. Fluids 6 114003 (2021).
    [ORA Record] [arxiv]
    [Also highlighted as an editor's suggestion]

  24. Deformable and robust core-shell protein microcapsules templated by liquid-liquid phase separated microdroplets
    Y. Xu et al.
    Adv. Mater. Interfaces 8, 2101071 (2021).
    [ORA Record] [arxiv]

  25. The nascent coffee ring: How solute diffusion counters advection
    M. R. Moore, D. Vella and J. M. Oliver
    J. Fluid Mech. 920, A54 (2021).
    [ORA Record] [arxiv]

  26. Delayed bifurcation in elastic snap-through instabilities
    M. Liu, M. Gomez and D. Vella
    J. Mech. Phys. Solids 151, 104386 (2021).
    [ORA Record][arxiv]

    27. 2020

  27. Validity of Winkler's mattress model for thin elastomeric layers: Beyond Poisson's ratio
    T. G. J. Chandler and D. Vella
    Proc. R. Soc. A 476, 20200551 (2020).
    [ORA Record] [arxiv] [data]

  28. Detachment in capillary adhesion: The relative roles of tilting and separation
    M. D. Butler and D. Vella
    IMA J. Appl. Mat. 85, 673-702 (2020).
    [ORA Record]

  29. Indentation of suspended two-dimensional solids: The signatures of geometrical and material nonlinearity
    T. G. J. Chandler and D. Vella
    J. Mech. Phys. Solids 144, 104109 (2020).
    [ORA Record] [arxiv] [data]

    		30. Globe

  30. Tapered elasticae as a route for axisymmetric morphing structures
    M. Liu, L. Domino and D. Vella
    Soft Matter 16, 7739-7750 (2020)
    [ORA Record]

  31. Cloaking by coating: How effectively does a thin, stiff coating hide a soft substrate?
    F. Box, C. Jacquemot, M. Adda-Bedia and D. Vella
    Soft Matter 16, 4574-4583 (2020)
    [ORA Record] [arXiv]

    		32. PokingFruit

  32. Dynamic buckling of an inextensible elastic ring: Linear and nonlinear analyses
    O. Kodio, A. Goriely and D. Vella
    Phys. Rev. E 101, 053002 (2020)
    [ORA Record] [arXiv]
    [Also highlighted as an editor's suggestion]

  33. Dynamic buckling of elastic rings in a soap film
    F. Box, O. Kodio, D. O'Kiely, V. Cantelli, A. Goriely and D. Vella
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 124, 198003 (2020)
    [ORA Record] [arXiv]
    [Also highlighted as an editor's suggestion]

    		34. DynamicBuckling

  34. Impact on floating thin elastic sheets: A mathematical model
    D. O'Kiely, F. Box, O. Kodio, J. P. Whiteley and D. Vella
    Phys. Rev. Fluids 5, 014003 (2020)
    [ORA Record] [arXiv]

    35. 2019

  35. Dynamics of droplets on cones: Self-propulsion due to curvature gradients
    J. McCarthy, D. Vella and A. A. Castrejón-Pita
    Soft Matter 15, 9997-10004 (2019)
    [ORA Record]

    		36. DynamicWrinkling

  36. Dynamics of wrinkling in ultrathin elastic sheets
    F. Box, D. O'Kiely, O. Kodio, M. Inizan, A. A. Casterjón-Pita and D. Vella
    Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA 116, 20875-20880 (2019)
    [ORA Record] [arXiv]

  37. Limitations of curvature-induced rigidity: How a curved strip buckles under gravity
    M. Taffetani, F. Box, A. Neveu, and D. Vella
    Europhys. Lett. 127, 14001 (2019)
    [ORA Record] [arXiv]

  38. Buffering by buckling as a route for elastic deformation
    D. Vella
    Nat. Rev. Phys. 1, 425-436 (2019)

    		39.  Pizza

  39. Elasto-capillary adhesion: The effect of deformability on adhesion strength and detachment
    M. Butler, F. Box, T. Robert and D. Vella
    Phys. Rev. Fluids 4, 033601 (2019).
    [ORA Record] [arXiv] [data]

  40. Wettability-independent droplet transport by Bendotaxis
    A. T. Bradley, F. Box, I. J. Hewitt and D. Vella
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 122 074503 (2019)
    [ORA Record] [arXiv]
    [Also summarized in Physics (22nd February 2019) and Nature (27th February 2019).]

    		41. WrinkledDrops

  41. Reproducing the pressure-time signature of membrane filtration: The interplay between fouling, caking, and elasticity
    J. G. Herterich, I. M. Griffiths and D. Vella
    J. Mem. Sci. 577, 235-248 (2019)
    [ORA record]

  42. Dynamics of viscoelastic snap-through
    M. Gomez, D. E. Moulton, and D. Vella
    J. Mech. Phys. Solids 124, 781-813 (2019)
    [ORA Record] [arXiv]

    43. 2018

  43. Pull-in dynamics of overdamped microbeams
    M. Gomez, D. Vella and D. E. Moulton
    J. Micromech. Microeng 28, 115002 (2018)
    [ORA Record] [arXiv] [data]

  44. Regimes of wrinkling in an indented floating elastic sheet
    D. Vella and B. Davidovitch
    Phys. Rev. E 98, 013003 (2018)
    [ORA Record] [arXiv]

  45. Partial wetting of thin solid sheets under tension
    B. Davidovitch and D. Vella
    Soft Matter 14, 4913-4934 (2018)
    [ORA Record] [arXiv]

    		46. WrinkledDrops

  46. Static bistability of spherical caps
    M. Taffetani, X. Jiang, D. P. Holmes and D. Vella
    Proc. R. Soc. A 474, 20170910 (2018)
    [ORA Record] [arXiv] [data]

    		47.

  47. Delayed pull-in transitions in overdamped MEMS devices
    M. Gomez, D. E. Moulton and D. Vella
    J. Micromech. Microeng 28, 015006 (2018)
    [ORA Record] [arXiv] [data]

    48. 2017

  48. Using evaporation to control capillary instabilities in micro-systems
    R. Ledesma-Aguilar, G. Laghezza, J. M. Yeomans and D. Vella
    Soft Matter 13, 8947-8956 (2017)
    [ORA Record] [arXiv]

  49. Indentation of a floating elastic sheet: Geometry versus applied tension
    F. Box, D. Vella, R. W. Style and J. A. Neufeld
    Proc. R. Soc. A 473, 20170335 (2017)
    [ORA record] [arXiv] [data]

    		50. FloatingWrinkles

  50. Passive control of viscous flow via elastic snap-through
    M. Gomez, D. E. Moulton and D. Vella
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 144502 (2017)
    [ORA record] [arXiv] [data]

  51. Kinetic effects regularize the mass-flux singularity at the contact line of a thin evaporating drop
    M. A. Saxton, J. P. Whiteley, D. Vella and J. M. Oliver
    J. Eng. Math. 106, 47-73 (2017)
    [ORA Record] [SharedIt] [data]

  52. Axonal buckling following stretch injury
    G. Lang, S. Waters, D. Vella and A. Goriely
    J. Elasticity 129, 239-256 (2017)
    [ORA Record] [SharedIt]

  53. Mathematical modelling of blood-brain barrier failure and oedema
    G. E. Lang, D. Vella, S. L. Waters and A. Goriely
    Math. Med. Bio. 34, 391-414 (2017)
    [ORA record]

    		54. FloatingDrops

  54. Fluctuation spectra and force generation in non-equilibrium systems
    A. A. Lee, D. Vella, and J. S. Wettlaufer
    Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA 114, 9255-9260 (2017)
    [ORA record] [arXiv]

  55. Non-wetting drops at liquid interfaces: From liquid marbles to Leidenfrost drops
    C. Y. H. Wong, M. Adda-Bedia and D. Vella
    Soft Matter 13, 5250-5260 (2017)
    [ORA Record] [arXiv]

  56. Optimizing the operation of a direct-flow filtration device
    J. G. Herterich, Q. Zu, R. W. Field, D. Vella, and I. M. Griffiths
    J. Eng. Math. 104, 195-211 (2017)
    [ORA Record]

  57. Regimes of wrinkling in pressurized elastic shells
    M. Taffetani and D. Vella
    Phil. Trans. R. Soc. 375, 20160330 (2017)
    [ORA record] [arXiv] [data]

    		58. ShellWrinkling

  58. Indentation metrology of clamped, ultra-thin elastic sheets
    D. Vella and B. Davidovitch
    Soft Matter 13, 2264-2278 (2017)
    [ORA record] [arXiv]

  59. Floating and sinking of a pair of spheres at a liquid-fluid interface
    H. Cooray, P. Cicuta and D. Vella
    Langmuir 33, 1427-1436 (2017)
    [ORA Record]

    		60. SnapThrough

  60. Critical slowing down in purely elastic `snap-through' instabilities
    M. Gomez, D. E. Moulton, and D. Vella
    Nat. Phys. 13, 142-145 (2017)
    [ORA Record] [arXiv] [SharedIt] [data]

  61. Lubricated wrinkles: imposed constraints affect the dynamics of wrinkle coarsening
    O. Kodio, I. M. Griffiths and D. Vella
    Phys. Rev. Fluids 2, 014202 (2017)
    [ORA record] [arXiv]

  62. Self-assembly of repulsive interfacial particles via collective sinking
    D.-G. Lee, P. Cicuta and D. Vella
    Soft Matter 13, 212-221 (2017)
    [ORA record] [arXiv]

    		63. ColloidRaft

    2016

    s r

  63. The compression of a heavy floating elastic film
    E. Jambon-Puillet, D. Vella and S. Protière
    Soft Matter 12, 9289-9296 (2016)
    [ORA Record] [arXiv]

    		64. Folds

  64. Wrinkling, creasing, and folding in fiber-reinforced soft tissues
    P. S. Stewart, T. El-Sayed, S. L. Waters, D. Vella and A. Goriely
    Extr. Mech. Lett. 8, 22-29 (2016)
    [ORA record]

  65. The surprising dynamics of a chain on a pulley: Lift-off and snapping
    P.-T. Brun, B. Audoly, A. Goriely and D. Vella
    Proc. R. Soc. A 472, 20160187 (2016)
    [ORA record] [arXiv]

    		66. PulleyShot

  66. The capacitance-power-hysteresis trilemma in nanoporous supercapacitors
    A. A. Lee, D. Vella, A. Goriely and S. Kondrat
    Phys. Rev. X 6, 021034 (2016)
    [ORA record] [arXiv] [data]

  67. Inverse Leidenfrost effect: Levitating drops on liquid Nitrogen
    M. Adda-Bedia, S. Kumar, F. Lechenault, S. Moulinet, M. Schillaci and D. Vella
    Langmuir 32, 4179-4188 (2016)
    [ORA record] [youtube]

  68. The shallow shell approach to Pogorelov's problem and the breakdown of `mirror buckling'
    M. Gomez, D. E. Moulton and D. Vella
    Proc. R. Soc. A 472, 20150732 (2016)
    [ORA record] [arXiv]

  69. Quantum capacitance modifies interionic interactions in semiconducting nanopores
    A. A. Lee, D. Vella and A. Goriely
    EPL 113, 38005 (2016)
    [ORA record] [arXiv]

  70. Evaporation effects in elastocapillary aggregation
    A. Hadjittofis, J. R. Lister, K. Singh and D. Vella
    J. Fluid Mech. 792, 168-185 (2016)
    [ORA record] [arXiv]

    		71. LangmuirCover

  71. On thin evaporating drops: when is the d2-law valid?
    M. A. Saxton, J. P Whiteley, D. Vella and J. M. Oliver
    J. Fluid Mech. 792, 134-167 (2016)
    [ORA record] [data]

  72. Capillary imbibition into converging tubes: Beating Washburn's law and the optimal imbibition of liquids
    J.-B. Gorce, I. J. Hewitt and D. Vella
    Langmuir 32, 1560-1567 (2016)
    [ORA record]
    Also featured on the front cover of Langmuir

  73. Curvature-induced stiffness and the spatial variation of wavelength in wrinkled sheets
    J. D. Paulsen, E. Hohlfeld, H. King, J. Huang, Z. Qiu, T. P. Russell, N. Menon, D. Vella and B. Davidovitch
    Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 113, 1144-1149 (2016)
    [ORA record]

    		74. PokedWrinkles

  74. On the role of buoyant flexure in glacier calving
    T. J. W. Wagner, T. D. James, T. Murray and D. Vella
    Geophys. Res. Lett. 43, 232-240 (2016)
    [ORA record] [youtube]

    75. 2015

  75. The role of extensibility in the birth of a ruck in a rug
    A. A. Lee, C. Le Gouellec, and D. Vella
    Extr. Mech. Lett. 5, 81-87 (2015)
    [ORA record] [arXiv]

    		76. PokedWrinkles

  76. Wrinkling reveals a new isometry of pressurized elastic shells
    D. Vella, H. Ebrahimi, A. Vaziri and B. Davidovitch
    EPL 112, 24007 (2015)
    [ORA record] [arXiv]

  77. Exponentially decreasing tooth growth rate in horse teeth: Implications for isotopic analyses
    R. Bendrey, D. Vella, A. Zazzo, M. Balasse and S. Lepetz
    Archaeometry 57, 1104-1124 (2015)

  78. Propagation of damage in brain tissue: Coupling the mechanics of Edema and oxygen delivery
    G. E. Lang, D. Vella, S. L. Waters and A. Goriely
    Biomech. Model. Mechanobiol. 14, 1197-1216 (2015)

  79. On contact-line dynamics with mass transfer
    J. M. Oliver, J. P. Whiteley, M. A. Saxton, D. Vella, V. S. Zubkov and J. R. King
    Eur. J. Appl. Math. 26, 671-719 (2015)
    [ORA record]

  80. Dynamics of ion transport in ionic liquids
    A. A. Lee, S. Kondrat, D. Vella, and A. Goriely
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 106101 (2015)
    [arXiv]

  81. Tailoring wall permeabilities for enhanced filtration
    J. G. Herterich, D. Vella, R. W. Field, N. P. Hankins and I. M. Griffiths
    Phys. Fluids 27, 053102 (2015)

    		82. PokedWrinkles

  82. Inertial rise of a meniscus on a vertical cylinder
    D. O'Kiely, J. P Whiteley, J. M. Oliver and D. Vella
    J. Fluid Mech. 768, R2 (2015)
    [ORA record]

  83. Indentation of ultrathin elastic films and the emergence of asymptotic isometry
    D. Vella, J. Huang, N. Menon, T. P. Russell and B. Davidovitch
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 114, 014301 (2015)
    [arXiv]

  84. Floating versus Sinking
    D. Vella
    Annu. Rev. Fluid Mech. 47, 115-135 (2015)

    		85. FloatingVsSinking

  85. Are room temperature ionic liquids dilute electrolytes?
    A. A. Lee, D. Vella, S. Perkin and A. Goriely
    J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 6, 159-163 (2015)
    [arXiv]

    86. 2014

  86. Lattice-Boltzmann simulations of droplet evaporation
    R. Ledesma-Aguilar, D. Vella and J. M. Yeomans
    Soft Matter 10, 8267-8275 (2014)

    		87.  Honeycomb

  87. Unravelling nanoconfined films of ionic liquids
    A. A. Lee, D. Vella, S. Perkin and A. Goriely
    J. Chem. Phys. 141, 094904 (2014)
    [arXiv]

    		88.

  88. Optimal fractal-like hierarchical honeycombs
    R. Oftadeh, B. Haghpanah, D. Vella, A. Boudaoud and A. Vaziri
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 113, 104301 (2014)
    [Also highlighted as editor's suggestion and summarized in Physics, 3rd September 2014.]

  89. The 'footloose' mechanism: Iceberg decay from hydrostatic stresses
    T. J. W. Wagner, P. Wadhams, R. Bates, P. Elesogui, A. Stern, D. Vella, E. Abrahamsen, A. Crawford and K. Nicholls
    Geophys. Res. Lett. 41 5522-5529 (2014)

  90. Particle capture efficiency in a multi-wire model for high gradient magnetic separation
    A. Eisenträger, D. Vella and I. M. Griffiths
    Appl. Phys. Lett. 105, 033508 (2014)
    [arXiv]

  91. Is the Donnan effect sufficient to explain swelling in brain tissue slices?
    G. E. Lang, P. S. Stewart, D. Vella, S. L. Waters and A. Goriely
    J. R. Soc. Interface 11, 20140123 (2014)

    		92. Popper

  92. The effect of a concentration-dependent viscosity on particle transport in a channel flow with porous walls
    J. G. Herterich, I. M. Griffiths, D. Vella and R. W. Field
    AIChE J. 60, 1891-1904 (2014)

  93. A fluid-mechanical model of elastocapillary coalescence
    K. Singh, J. R. Lister and D. Vella
    J. Fluid Mech. 745, 621-646 (2014)
    [arXiv]

  94. Anisotropic blistering instability of highly ellipsoidal shells
    H. Ebrahimi, A. Ajdari, D. Vella, A. Boudaoud and A. Vaziri
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 112, 094302 (2014)

  95. Dynamics of snapping beams and jumping poppers
    A. Pandey, D. E. Moulton, D. Vella and D. P. Holmes
    EPL 105, 24001 (2014)
    [arXiv]

  96. The Magneto-elastica: From self-buckling to self-assembly
    D. Vella, E. du Pontavice, C. L. Hall and A. Goriely
    Proc. R. Soc. A 470, 20130609 (2014)
    [arXiv]

    97. 2013

  97. The mechanics of a chain or ring of spherical magnets
    C. L. Hall, D. Vella and A. Goriely
    SIAM J. Appl. Math. 73, 2029-2054 (2013)
    [arXiv]

    		98. WrinklingBubble

  98. Elastometry of deflated capsules: Elastic moduli from shape and wrinkle analysis
    S. Knoche, D. Vella, E. Aumaitre, P. Degen, H. Rehage, P. Cicuta and J. Kierfeld
    Langmuir 29, 12463-12471 (2013)
    [arXiv]

  99. Capillary deformations of bendable films
    R. D. Schroll, M. Adda-Bedia, E. Cerda, J. Huang, N. Menon, T. P. Russell, K. B. Toga, D. Vella and B. Davidovitch
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 111, 014301 (2013)

  100. Switch on, switch off: Stiction in nanoelectromechanical switches
    T. J. W. Wagner and D. Vella
    Nanotechnology 24, 275501 (2013)

    		101. WrinklingDrop

  101. Wrinkling in the deflation of elastic bubbles
    E. Aumaitre, S. Knoche, P. Cicuta and D. Vella
    Eur. Phys. J. E 36, 22 (2013)

  102. The `Sticky Elastica': Delamination blisters beyond small deformations
    T. J. W. Wagner and D. Vella
    Soft Matter 9, 1025 (2013)

    103. 2012

  103. Multiple equilibria in a simple elastocapillary system
    M. Taroni and D. Vella
    J. Fluid Mech. 712, 273 (2012)

  104. Indentation of ellipsoidal and cylindrical elastic shells
    D. Vella, A. Ajdari, A. Vaziri and A. Boudaoud
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 144302 (2012)
    [Also highlighted as editor's suggestion and featured in Physics, 5th October 2012]

    		105. CylinderMeniscus

  105. The capillary interaction between two vertical cylinders
    H. Cooray, P. Cicuta and D. Vella
    J. Phys. Cond. Mat. 24, 284104 (2012)

  106. The sensitivity of Graphene `Snap-through' to substrate geometry
    T. J. W. Wagner and D. Vella
    Appl. Phys. Lett. 100, 233111 (2012)
    [arXiv]

  107. A refined sampling strategy for intra-tooth stable isotope analysis of mammalian enamel
    A. Zazzo, R. Bendrey, D. Vella, A. P. Moloney, F. J. Monahan and O. Schmidt
    Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 84, 1 (2012)

  108. The indentation of pressurized elastic shells: From polymeric capsules to yeast cells
    D. Vella, A. Ajdari, A. Vaziri and A. Boudaoud
    J. R. Soc. Interface 9, 448 (2012)

    		109. IndentedShell

  109. A viscoelastic regime in dilute hydrophobin monolayers
    E. Aumaitre, S. Wongsuwarn, D. Rossetti, N. D. Hedges, A. R. Cox, D. Vella and P. Cicuta
    Soft Matter 8, 1175 (2012)

    110. 2011

  110. A prototypical model for tensional wrinkling in thin sheets
    B. Davidovitch, R. D. Schroll, D. Vella, M. Adda-Bedia and E. Cerda
    Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA 108, 18227 (2011)

  111. Wrinkling of pressurized elastic shells
    D. Vella, A. Ajdari, A. Vaziri and A. Boudaoud
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 174301 (2011)

    		112. WrinkledShell

  112. Floating carpets and the delamination of elastic sheets
    T. J. W. Wagner and D. Vella
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 044301 (2011)

  113. Leakage from inclined porous reservoirs
    P. J. Zimoch, J. A. Neufeld and D. Vella
    J. Fluid Mech. 673, 395 (2011)

  114. On the measurement of the surface pressure in Langmuir films with finite shear elasticity
    E. Aumaitre, D. Vella and P. Cicuta
    Soft Matter 7, 2530 (2011)

  115. The collective motion of nematodes in a thin liquid layer
    S. Gart, D. Vella and S. Jung
    Soft Matter 7, 2444 (2011)
    [arXiv]

    		116. Nematode

  116. Leakage from gravity currents in a porous medium. Part 2. A line sink
    D. Vella, J. A. Neufeld, H. E. Huppert and J. R. Lister
    J. Fluid Mech. 666, 414 (2011)

  117. Leakage from gravity currents in a porous medium. Part 1. A localized sink
    J. A. Neufeld, D. Vella, H. E. Huppert and J. R. Lister
    J. Fluid Mech. 666, 391 (2011)

    118. 2010

  118. Capillary wrinkling of elastic membranes
    D. Vella, M. Adda-Bedia and E. Cerda
    Soft Matter 6, 5778 (2010)

    		119. WrinkledDrop

  119. The impulsive motion of a small cylinder at an interface
    D. Vella and J. Li
    Phys. Fluids 22, 052104 (2010)

    120. 2009

  120. The effect of a fissure on storage in a porous medium
    J. A. Neufeld, D. Vella and H. E. Huppert
    J. Fluid Mech. 639, 239 (2009)

    		121. Delamination

  121. Statics and inertial dynamics of a ruck in a rug
    D. Vella, A. Boudaoud and M. Adda-Bedia
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 174301 (2009)
    [arXiv]

  122. The macroscopic delamination of thin films from elastic substrates
    D. Vella, J. Bico, A. Boudaoud, B. Roman and P. M. Reis
    Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 106, 10901 (2009)

    		123. Delamination

  123. Granular character of particle rafts
    P. Cicuta and D. Vella
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 138302 (2009)
    [arXiv]

    124. 2008

  124. Explaining the patterns formed by ice floe interactions
    D. Vella and J. S. Wettlaufer
    J. Geophys. Res. 113, C11011 (2008)

  125. Solution of the Percus-Yevick equation for hard hyperspheres in even dimensions
    M. Adda-Bedia, E. Katzav and D. Vella
    J. Chem. Phys. 129, 144506 (2008)
    [arXiv]

  126. The liquid blister test
    J. Chopin, D. Vella and A. Boudaoud
    Proc. R. Soc. A 464, 2887 (2008)
    [arXiv]

    		127. WaterStrider

  127. Floating objects with finite resistance to bending
    D. Vella
    Langmuir 24, 8701 (2008)

  128. Solution of the Percus-Yevick equation for hard disks
    M. Adda-Bedia, E. Katzav and D. Vella
    J. Chem. Phys. 128, 184508 (2008)
    [arXiv] [data]

    129. 2007

  129. The waterlogging of floating objects
    D. Vella and H. E. Huppert
    J. Fluid Mech. 585, 245 (2007)

  130. Surface tension dominated impact
    D. Vella and P. D. Metcalfe
    Phys. Fluids 19, 072108 (2007)

  131. Finger rafting: A generic instability of floating elastic sheets
    D. Vella and J. S. Wettlaufer
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 088303 (2007)
    [Also highlighted as editor's suggestion and featured in Physics, 26th February 2007.]

    		132.  FingerRafting

  132. Reply to comment by Yeung and Moran
    D. Vella and L. Mahadevan
    EPL 77, 16003 (2007)

    		133.

    2004-2006

  133. The load supported by small floating objects
    D. Vella, D.-G. Lee and H.-Y. Kim
    Langmuir 22, 5979 (2006)

    		134. Cracking

  134. Dynamics of surfactant-driven fracture of particle rafts
    D. Vella H.-Y. Kim, P. Aussillous and L. Mahadevan
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 178301 (2006)
    [arXiv]

  135. Gravity currents in a porous medium at an inclined plane
    D. Vella and H. E. Huppert
    J. Fluid Mech. 555, 353 (2006)
    [arXiv]

  136. Sinking of a horizontal cylinder
    D. Vella, D.-G. Lee and H.-Y. Kim
    Langmuir 22, 2972 (2006)

  137. Equilibrium conditions for the floating of multiple interfacial objects
    D. Vella, P. D. Metcalfe and R. J. Whittaker
    J. Fluid Mech. 549, 215 (2006)
    [arXiv]

  138. A simple microscopic model for the dynamics of adhesive failure
    D. Vella and L. Mahadevan
    Langmuir 22, 163 (2006)
    [arXiv]

    		139. Pin

  139. The 'Cheerios effect'
    D. Vella and L. Mahadevan
    Am. J. Phys. 73, 817 (2005)
    [arXiv]

  140. Elasticity of an interfacial particle raft
    D. Vella, P. Aussillous and L. Mahadevan
    Europhys. Lett. 68, 212 (2004)
    [arXiv]

  141. The wall-induced motion of a floating flexible train
    D. Vella, H.-Y. Kim and L. Mahadevan
    J. Fluid Mech. 502, 89 (2004)

Other Writings and Reports

  1. The fast and the flexible: dynamic buckling of slender structures induced by the bursting of a soap film
    F. Box, D. O'Kiely, O. Kodio, A. Goriely and D. Vella
    Entry to the 2019 Gallery of Fluid Motion
    [youtube]

  2. Patterning through instabilities in complex media: theory and applications
    P. Ciarletta and D. Vella
    Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A 375, 20160442 (2017)
    [ORA Record]

  3. New wrinkles on impact
    M. Inizan, A. Castrejon-Pita and D. Vella
    Entry to the 2016 Gallery of Fluid Motion
    [youtube]

    		4. PTRSA

  4. Two leaps forward for robot locomotion
    D. Vella
    Science 349, 472-473 (2015)
    [official PDF reprint]

    		5.

  5. Finger Rafting
    D. Vella and J. S. Wettlaufer
    Encyclopedia of Snow, Ice and Glaciers
    Edited by U.K. Haritashya, V. Singh, and P. Singh
    Springer Press (2011)

  6. The fluid mechanics of floating and sinking
    D. Vella
    PhD Thesis, University of Cambridge (2007)

  7. The pull-off test for viscoelastic soft solids
    S. Chiu-Webster, R. Dyson, D. Parker, D. Vella, R. Whittaker and D. Allwright
    In Report of the 59th European Study Group with Industry (2007)

  8. On thin ice: the mechanics of failure in sea ice
    D. Vella
    Proceedings of the WHOI Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Program, 249 (2006)

  9. Wax deposition in oil pipelines
    C. Bailey et al.
    In Report of the 56th European Study Group with Industry (2006)

  10. Shimmy in aircraft landing gear
    M. Aguareles et al.
    In Report of the 56th European Study Group with Industry (2006)

  11. The physics of floating
    D. Vella
    Eureka 57, 26 (2006)

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