Les gouttes et les bulles sont des objets familiers qui posent nombre de questions, pour le
curieux comme pour l'industriel: pourquoi les petites gouttes restent-elles accrochées au …

(i) Un film de liquide non mouillant n'est pas stable: s'il est épais (épaisseur e ≥ 1000 Å), il
est métastable et évolue par nucléation et croissance d'une portion sèche. S'il est mînce, il …

Two broad classes of models have been used to describe the motion of a contact line when
the contact angle θ deviates from the equilibrium value θ e : a) an Eyring approach, …

Analogies with inert soft condensed matter—such as viscoelastic liquids, pastes, foams,
emulsions, colloids, and polymers—can be used to investigate the mechanical response of soft …

… Very roughly δ ≈ f/γ (omitting logarithmic factors). Our aim here is to study how Rc decreases
with the external force f . In [9], both the pipette radius Rp and the contact radius Rc were …

Films of silicone oils (or alkanes) deposited on low-energy surfaces (grafted silicone wafers)
are metastable. We nucleate a dry spot at the center of the wafer and observe the rate of …

As I glance out my window in the early morning, I can see beads of droplets gracing a
spider web. The film of dew that has settled on the threads is unstable and breaks up …

We have studied experimentally the motions of liquid droplets deposited on nonwettable
surfaces (silanized silicon wafers) submitted to horizontal thermal gradients VT. Systematic …

We study the effects of vertical vibrations on non-wetting large water sessile drops flattened
by gravity. The solid substrate is characterized by a finite contact angle hysteresis (10-15 …

Air bubbles collect and explode at the surface of many viscous liquids, as observed with
polymer foams, in glass furnaces, and during volcanic eruptions. The liquid film separating the …