4 papers
Probing the concept of line tension down to the nanoscale
Romain Bey, Benoit Coasne, Cyril Picard
A novel mechanical approach is developed to explore by means of atom-scale simulation the concept of line tension at a solid-liquid-vapor contact line as well as its dependence on…
Boundary flow of viscoelastic polyelectrolyte solutions
Chloé Barraud, Benjamin Cross, Cyril Picard +3
We report an investigation of the equilibrium and dynamic properties of polyelectrolyte solutions confined between platinum surfaces with a dynamic Surface Force Apparatus. The pol…
Wall slip of complex fluids: interfacial friction or slip length?
Benjamin Cross, Chloé Barraud, Cyril Picard +3
Using a dynamic Surface Force Apparatus, we demonstrate that the notion of slip length used to describe the boundary flow of simple liquids, is not appropriate for viscoelastic liq…
Giant osmotic pressure in the forced wetting of hydrophobic nanopores
Millán Michelin-Jamois, Cyril Picard, Gérard Vigier +1
The forced intrusion of water in hydrophobic nanoporous pulverulent material is of interest for quick storage of energy. With nanometric pores the energy storage capacity is contro…