title: Adhesion of microcapsules.
abstract: The adhesion of microcapsules to an attractive contact potential is studied theoretically. The axisymmetric shape equations are solved numerically. Beyond a universal threshold strength of the potential, the contact radius increases in proportion to the square root of the strength. Scaling functions for the corresponding amplitudes are derived as a function of the elastic parameters.
authors.affiliation: II. Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität Stuttgart, 70550 Stuttgart, Germany.
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Graf
authors.forename: Reimar
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Finken
authors.forename: Udo
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Seifert