The real shape of the bulb is a result of the dynamic interplay of surface tension and adhesion forces in a liquid droplet followed by solidification.
In a unique paper combining experimental data and modeling Krieg et al. (2008) studied the role of cell-cortex tension and adhesion in segregation.
Correlation analyses revealed a clear impact of the interfacial tension and adhesion energy on the frictional behavior under boundary and fluid friction conditions.
An ideal UV resist usually has low viscosity, low surface tension, good adhesion to the substrate, fast cross-linking speed, high mechanical strength, and high etching resistance after cross-linking.
While experimental works tend to focus on the role of tissue surface tension and adhesion in 3-dimensional cell segregation, modeling approaches also include autonomous cell motion and focus on 2 dimensions.
In order to identify possible phenomena responsible for incremental oil recovery, emulsification index (E24), surface tension, cell adhesion to hydrocarbons, and crude oil viscosity were characterized.
Using the minimum potential energy principle and considering both the effects of surface tension and adhesion, explicit solutions are obtained for the contact radius and the indent depth for the case without external loading.
It also maps to a combination of surface tension and adhesion.
However, whether cadherins directly lower interfacial tension via adhesion tension or indirectly by reorganizing the actomyosin cortex remains to be investigated.
Hence, in the presence of the support, the prefactor of the squared-gradient term reflects the sum of tension and adhesion contributions.
However, the critical posttranslational modifications have not yet been identified, and the mechanism by which tension mediates adhesion assembly is not known.
