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Living droplets with mesoscale swimmers
L. Malik, N. Sharadhi, C. Prêcheur Llarena +5
We study the activity of 'living' droplets, which confine tens of swimming meso-organisms in 3D using a superhydrophobic substrate. With few swimmers, the droplet oscillates at its…
Ultra-slow capillary rise on hydrogel surfaces
Anagha Datar, Joonas Ryssy, Aku O. Toivonen +1
Capillary rise occurs when a thin tube contacts a liquid, which rises against gravity due to the capillary force. This phenomenon is present in a wide range of everyday and industr…
Forces and symmetry breaking of a living meso-swimmer
Rafael A. Lara, N. Sharadhi, Anna A. L. Huttunen +4
Swimming is ubiquitous in nature and crucial for the survival of a wide range of organisms. The physics of swimming at the viscosity-dominated microscale and inertia-dominated macr…
Wetting of ferrofluids: phenomena and control
Mika Latikka, Matilda Backholm, Jaakko V. I. Timonen +1
Ferrofluids are liquids exhibiting remarkably strong response to magnetic fields, which leads to fascinating properties useful in various applications. Understanding the wetting pr…
Capillary levelling of a cylindrical hole in a viscous film
Matilda Backholm, Michael Benzaquen, Thomas Salez +2
The capillary levelling of cylindrical holes in viscous polystyrene films was studied using atomic force microscopy as well as quantitative analytical scaling arguments based on th…
Relaxation and Intermediate Asymptotics of a Rectangular Trench in a Viscous Film
Oliver Bäumchen, Michael Benzaquen, Thomas Salez +5
The surface of a thin liquid film with nonconstant curvature flattens as a result of capillary forces. While this leveling is driven by local curvature gradients, the global bounda…