2 papers
physics.flu-dyn2019
Surface wrinkling of freely-floating smectic bubbles
Patricia Pfeiffer
Bubbles made of smectic liquid crystals (LC) can display buckling and wrinkling. These deformations are induced in the course of the relaxation of an elongated bubble towards a sph…
physics.flu-dyn2019
Merging of Soap Bubbles and Why Surfactant Matters
Patricia Pfeiffer, Qingyun Zeng, Beng Hau Tan +1
The merging of two soap bubbles is a fundamental fluid mechanical process in foam formation. In the present experimental study the liquid films from two soap bubbles are brought to…