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  "date_created": "2026-02-17T05:53:16.172000Z",
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    "abstract": "When a liquid droplet completely wets a hard substrate, its spreading dynamics follow Tanner\u0027s law, with the droplet radius growing as the one-tenth power of time. Here, we investigate how these dynamics change when silicone oil droplets spread on soft silicone elastomer and gel films supported by a rigid silicon substrate. While the droplets fully wet the elastomer surface, they also simultaneously swell the elastomer film. By varying the film thickness, we observe deviations from the classical power-law scaling, which we interpret in terms of changes to the effective stiffness and the absorption potential of the system. We describe the spreading behavior using a phenomenological model that accounts for both absorption and mechanical contributions.",
    "arxiv_id": "2601.08114",
    "authors": [
      "Lauren Dutcher",
      "Benjamin Baylis",
      "John R. Dutcher",
      "Elie Raphael",
      "Kari Dalnoki-Veress"
    ],
    "categories": [
      "cond-mat.soft",
      "physics.flu-dyn"
    ],
    "license": "http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/",
    "title": "Spreading and absorption of silicone oil droplets on silicone elastomer films",
    "url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.08114",
    "version": "v1"
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