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  "abstract": "In this perspective article, we introduce elasto-plastocapillarity: surface-tension-driven free-surface flows of yield-stress fluids in which capillary stresses compete with yielding and elastic relaxation. We frame the relevant parameter space, and highlight representative problems (drops, bubbles, jets/filaments, thin films, and porous media) that are central to applications ranging from additive manufacturing and coatings to biological flows. We then outline a set of timely open challenges, including surface-tension measurements, breakdown of scale separation near the microstructures, coupled bulk-interface flow experimental diagnosis, interfacial rheology and surface stresses, history dependence, constitutive models and boundary conditions, reduced theoretical models, and the emerging opportunity provided by artificial intelligence and microgravity; aimed at guiding future experiments, theory, and computation.",
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      "name": "Maziyar Jalaal"
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  "pdf_url": "https://arxiv.org/pdf/2610.33345",
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  "published": "2026-10-23",
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  "title": "Elasto-Plastocapillarity: Surface-Tension-Driven Flows of Yield-Stress Fluids",
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