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Droplet Migration on Conical Fibers
Clementine Fournier, Carmen Lee, Rafael Schulman +2
The spontaneous migration of droplets on conical fibers is studied experimentally by depositing silicone oil droplets onto conical glass fibers. Their motion is recorded using opti…
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Capillary Levelling of Immiscible Bilayer Films
Vincent Bertin, Carmen Lee, Thomas Salez +2
Flow in thin films is highly dependent on the boundary conditions. Here, we study the capillary levelling of thin bilayer films composed of two immiscible liquids. Specifically, a…
cond-mat.soft2020
Nonlinear amplification of adhesion forces in interleaved books
Raphaelle Taub, Thomas Salez, Hector Alarcon +3
Two interleaved phonebooks are nearly impossible to separate by pulling their spines. The very slight force exerted by the outer sheets of the assembly is amplified as the exponent…