This book describes how surface tension effects can be used by engineers to provide mechanical functions in miniaturized products (<1 mm).="" even="" if="" precursors="" of="" this="" field="" such="" as="" jurin="" or="" laplace="" already="" date="" back="" to="" the="" 18th="" century,="" describing="" surface="" tension="" effects="" from="" a="" mechanical="" perspective="" is="" very="" recent.="" the="" originality="" of="" this="" book="" is="" to="" consider="" the="" effects="" of="" capillary="" bridges="" on="" solids,="" including="" forces="" and="" torques="" exerted="" both="" statically="" and="" dynamically="" by="" the="" liquid="" along="" the="" 6="" degrees-of-freedom.="" it="" provides="" a="" comprehensive="" approach="" to="" various="" applications,="" such="" as="" capillary="" adhesion="" (axial="" force),="" centering="" force="" in="" packaging="" and="" micro-assembly="" (lateral="" force)="" and="" recent="" developments="" such="" as="" a="" capillary="" motor="" (torque).="" it="" devises="" how="" surface="" tension="" can="" be="" used="" to="" provide="" mechanical="" functions="" such="" as="" actuation="" (bubble-actuated="" compliant="" table),="" sealing="" and="" tightness,="" energy="" harvesting,="" nanodispending.="" mm).="" even="" if="" precursors="" of="" this="" field="" such="" as="" jurin="" or="" laplace="" already="" date="" back="" to="" the="" 18th="" century,="" describing="" surface="" tension="" effects="" from="" a="" mechanical="" perspective="" is="" very="" recent.="" the="" originality="" of="" this="" book="" is="" to="" consider="" the="" effects="" of="" capillary="" bridges="" on="" solids,="" including="" forces="" and="" torques="" exerted="" both="" statically="" and="" dynamically="" by="" the="" liquid="" along="" the="" 6="" degrees-of-freedom.="" it="" provides="" a="" comprehensive="" approach="" to="" various="" applications,="" such="" as="" capillary="" adhesion="" (axial="" force),="" centering="" force="" in="" packaging="" and="" micro-assembly="" (lateral="" force)="" and="" recent="" developments="" such="" as="" a="" capillary="" motor="" (torque).="" it="" devises="" how="" surface="" tension="" can="" be="" used="" to="" provide="" mechanical="" functions="" such="" as="" actuation="" (bubble-actuated="" compliant="" table),="" sealing="" and="" tightness,="" energy="" harvesting,="" nanodispending.="">