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Self-amplification of solid friction in interleaved assemblies
Hector Alarcon, Thomas Salez, Christophe Poulard +4
It is nearly impossible to separate two interleaved phonebooks when held by their spines. A full understanding of this astonishing demonstration of solid friction in complex assemb…
Universal contact-line dynamics at the nanoscale
Marco Rivetti, Thomas Salez, Michael Benzaquen +2
The relaxation dynamics of the contact angle between a viscous liquid and a smooth substrate is studied at the nanoscale. Through atomic force microscopy measurements of polystyren…
Wake and wave resistance on viscous thin films
René Ledesma-Alonso, Michael Benzaquen, Thomas Salez +1
The effect of an external pressure disturbance, being displaced with a constant speed along the free surface of a viscous thin film, is studied theoretically in the lubrication app…
Slip-Mediated Dewetting of Polymer Microdroplets
Joshua D. McGraw, Tak Shing Chan, Simon Maurer +5
Classical hydrodynamic models predict that infinite work is required to move a three-phase contact line, defined here as the line where a liquid/vapor interface intersects a solid…
Symmetry Plays a Key Role in the Erasing of Patterned Surface Features
Michael Benzaquen, Mark Ilton, Michael V. Massa +4
We report on how the relaxation of patterns prepared on a thin film can be controlled by manipu- lating the symmetry of the initial shape. The validity of a lubrication theory for…
Cooperative Strings and Glassy Interfaces
Thomas Salez, Justin Salez, Kari Dalnoki-Veress +2
We introduce a minimal theory of glass formation based on the ideas of molecular crowding and resultant string-like cooperative rearrangement, and address the effects of free inter…