Plateau border bulimia transition: discontinuities expected in three simple experiments on 2D liquid foams

2009/02/13 by Pierre Rognon, Rognon, Pierre, François Molino +3
Materials Science · Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #Pickering emulsions and particle stabilization #Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft) #Stochastic processes and statistical mechanics #Theoretical and Computational Physics #cond-mat.soft

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.0902.2268

8 pages, 4 figures

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Abstract

We describe the geometry of foams squeezed between two solid plates (2D GG foams) in two main asymptotic regimes: fully dry floor tiles and dry pancakes. We predict an abrupt transition between both regimes, with a substantial change in the Plateau border radius. This should be observable in different types of experiments on such 2D GG foams: when foam is being progressively dried or wetted, when it is being squeezed further or stretched, when it coarsens through film breakage or Oswald ripening.

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