The physics of microdroplets gives the reader the theoretical and numerical tools to understand explain calculate and predict the often nonintuitive observed behavior of droplets in microsystems microdrops and interfaces are now a common feature in most fluidic microsystems from biology to biotechnology materials science 3d microelectronics optofluidics and mechatronics. The physics of microdroplets 1 fundamentals of capillarity 5 11 abstract 5 12 interfaces and surface tension 5 13 laplaces law and applications 2 minimal energy and stability rubrics 67 21 abstract 67 22 spherical shapes as energy minimizers 68 23 3 droplets shape surface and . The physics of microdroplets gives the reader the theoretical and numerical tools to understand explain calculate and predict the often nonintuitive observed behavior of droplets in microsystems microdrops and interfaces are now a common feature in most fluidic microsystems from biology to biotechnology materials science 3d microelectronics optofluidics and mechatronics. The physics of microdroplets gives the reader the theoretical and numerical tools to understand explain calculate and predict the often nonintuitive observed behavior of droplets in microsystems microdrops and interfaces are now a common feature in most fluidic microsystems from biology to biotechnology materials science 3d microelectronics optofluidics and mechatronics