Theoretical analysis on capillary adhesion of microsized plates with a substrate

The stiction of a thin plate induced by the capillary force has attracted much attention in the broad range of applications.A novel method is presented to calculate the capillary adhesion problem of the plate through analytical method.The expressions of the surface energy,the strain energy and the total potential energy of the plate-substrate system have been analyzed and delineated.By means of continuum mechanics and the principle of minimum potential energy,the governing equation of the plate with an arbi...