Deformation of soap bubbles in uniform electric fields

[en] The deformation of hemispherical bubbles under vertical static electric fields was studied using a plane capacitor. The deformation and the bubbles shape have been monitored according to the amplitude of the electric field and the initial volume of the bubbles. Two different substrates, a dry solid plate or a liquid pool, were used to inspect the influence of the pining of the contact line. The deformation of sessile (on dry solid plate) and floating (on a liquid pool) bubbles were compared. The deformation parameter has been rationalized using a simple model. More precisely, the number of interfaces has been found to be a relevant parameter that imposes the shape of the bubbles.

Research Center/Unit :

CESAM - Complex and Entangled Systems from Atoms to Materials - ULiège

Disciplines :

Physics

Author, co-author :

Mawet, Sébastien ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de physique > Optofluidique

Caps, Hervé ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de physique > Optofluidique

Dorbolo, Stéphane ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de physique > Physique statistique

Language :

English

Title :

Deformation of soap bubbles in uniform electric fields

Alternative titles :

[en] Déformation de bulles de savon dans des champs électriques uniformes

Publication date :

27 April 2021

Journal title :

Physical Review Fluids

ISSN :

2469-9918

eISSN :

2469-990X

Publisher :

American Physical Society, College Park, United States - Maryland

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Issue :

Pages :

043603

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Additional URL :

https://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevFluids.6.043603

Funders :

ULiège - Université de Liège
F.R.S.-FNRS - Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique

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