Uploaded July 2015 | Updated September 2026, 3 hours ago

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This video shows self-encapsulation, or the ‘dripping’ of an elastic rod. This research was published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society A in the paper: Self-encapsulation, or the ‘dripping’ of an elastic rod by F Bosi, D Misseroni, F Dal Corso and D Bigoni. The doi link for the article is rspa.royalsocietypublishing.org/lookup/doi/10.1098/rspa.2015.0195