4 papers
Capillary self-folding chains
Megan Delens, Axel Franckart, Martin Poty +1
Mesoscale self-assembly provides a route toward the design of programmable microsystems. Here, we construct flexible chains of floating monomers whose curved branches impose upward…
Long distance attraction between particles in a soap film
Youna Louyer, Megan Delens, Nicolas Vandewalle +3
Millimeter-sized particles trapped at the surface of a liquid bath attract each other through the deformation of the liquid-air interface, a phenomenon known as "the Cheerios effec…
Multiple droplets dynamics on cylindrical fiber
J. Van Hulle, N. Vandewalle, Z. Pan
We investigate the descent of a single droplet on a vertical fiber and its role in generating additional droplets. As the droplet slides, it deposits a non-uniform liquid film whos…
Metachronal coordination at the mesoscale
Sebastian Ziegler, Megan Delens, Ylona Collard +3
In nature, metachronal coordination is an efficient strategy for fluid pumping and self-propulsion. Yet, mimetic systems for this type of organization are scarce. Recently, metachr…