Publications and communications of Nicolas Vandewalle

Gilet, T., Terwagne, D., Vandewalle, N., & Dorbolo, S. (2011). Manipulation of Droplets onto a Planar Interface. In R. miller & L. liggieri (Eds.), Progress in Colloid and Interface Science, 2. brill.

Léonard, M., Van Hulle, J., Weyer, F., Terwagne, D., & Vandewalle, N. (19 October 2023). Droplets sliding on single and multiple vertical fibers. Physical Review Fluids, 8 (10). doi:10.1103/PhysRevFluids.8.103601

Delens, M.* , Collard, Y.* , & Vandewalle, N. (July 2023). Induced capillary dipoles in floating particle assemblies. Physical Review Fluids, 8 (7). doi:10.1103/PhysRevFluids.8.074001

Wafflard, A., Vandewalle, N., & Opsomer, E. (2023). Collective dipole reorganization in magnetostructures. New Journal of Physics. doi:10.1088/1367-2630/acdc46

Collard, Y., Piñan Basualdo, F. N., Bolopion, A., Gauthier, M., Lambert, P., & Vandewalle, N. (26 September 2022). Controlled transitions between metastable states of 2D magnetocapillary crystals. Scientific Reports, 12 (1), 16027. doi:10.1038/s41598-022-20035-8

Metzmacher, J., Lagubeau, G., Poty, M., & Vandewalle, N. (30 July 2022). Double pattern improves the Schlieren methods for measuring liquid–air interface topography. Experiments in Fluids, 63 (8). doi:10.1007/s00348-022-03467-w

Gavrilitchenko, N., Gazagne, E., Vandewalle, N., Delcourt, J., & Hambuckers, A. (2022). CoFee-L: A Model of Animal Displacement in Large Groups Combining Cohesion Maintenance, Feeding Area Search and Transient Leadership. Animals, 12 (18), 2412. doi:10.3390/ani12182412

Hubert, M., Perrard, S., Vandewalle, N., & Labousse, M. (2022). Overload wave-memory induces amnesia of a self-propelled particle. Nature Communications, 13 (1), 4357. doi:10.1038/s41467-022-31736-z

Poty, M., & Vandewalle, N. (21 July 2021). Equilibrium distances for the capillary interaction between floating objects. Soft Matter, 17 (28), 6718-6727. doi:10.1039/d1sm00447f

Sukhov, A., Hubert, M., Grosjean, G., Trosman, O., Ziegler, S., Collard, Y., Vandewalle, N.* , Smith, A.-S.* , & Harting, J.*. (24 April 2021). Regimes of motion of magnetocapillary swimmers. European Physical Journal E. Soft Matter, 44 (4), 59. doi:10.1140/epje/s10189-021-00065-2

Van Hulle, J., Weyer, F., Dorbolo, S., & Vandewalle, N. (16 February 2021). Capillary transport from barrel to clamshell droplets on conical fibers. Physical Review Fluids, 6. doi:10.1103/PhysRevFluids.6.024501

Enferad, S., Pillitteri, S., Lumay, G., Gaiani, C., De Richter, S. K., Marck, M., Umbetov, S., Vandewalle, N., & Jenny, M. (2021). Powder flow behavior governed by the surface properties of glass beads. Powder Technology, 388, 425-433. doi:10.1016/j.powtec.2021.04.101

Hubert, M.* , Trosman, O.* , Collard, Y.* , Sukhov, A., Harting, J., Vandewalle, N., & Ana-Suncana, S. (2021). Scallop Theorem and Swimming at the Mesoscale. Physical Review Letters. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.126.224501

Lefebvre, L., Compère, P., Léonard, A., Plougonven, E., Vandewalle, N., & Gobert, S. (2021). Mediterranean aegagropiles from Posidonia oceanica (L.) Delile (1813): a first complete description from macroscopic to microscopic structure. Marine Biology, 168:37, 1-17. doi:10.1007/s00227-021-03833-y

Vandewalle, N. (2021). Bouncing droplets mimic spin systems. Nature, 596 (7870), 40-41. doi:10.1038/d41586-021-02077-6

Vandewalle, N., & Wafflard, A. (2021). Ground state of magnetocrystals. Physical Review. E, Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics, 103, 032117. doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.103.032117

Pillitteri, S., Opsomer, E., Lumay, G., & Vandewalle, N. (2020). How size ratio and segregation affect the packing of binary granular mixtures. Soft Matter. doi:10.1039/d0sm00939c

Collard, Y., Grosjean, G., & Vandewalle, N. (2020). Magnetically powered metachronal waves induce locomotion in self-assemblies. Communications Physics. doi:10.1038/s42005-020-0380-9

Darras, A., Opsomer, E., Vandewalle, N., & Lumay, G. (2019). Effect of volume fraction on chains of superparamagnetic colloids at equilibrium. European Physical Journal E. Soft Matter. doi:10.1140/epje/i2019-11883-x

Darras, A., Vandewalle, N., & Lumay, G. (2019). Combined effects of Marangoni, sedimentation and coffee-ring flows on evaporative deposits of superparamagnetic colloids. Colloids and Interface Science Communications. doi:10.1016/j.colcom.2019.100198

Pillitteri, S., Lumay, G., Opsomer, E., & Vandewalle, N. (13 May 2019). From jamming to fast compaction dynamics in granular binary mixtures. Scientific Reports, 9, 7281. doi:10.1038/s41598-019-43519-6

Grosjean, G., Hubert, M., Collard, Y., Sukhov, A., Harting, J., Smith, A.-S., & Vandewalle, N. (2019). Capillary assemblies in a rotating magnetic field. Soft Matter. doi:10.1039/C9SM01414D

Hubert, M., Perrard, S., Labousse, M., Vandewalle, N., & Couder, Y. (2019). Tunable bimodal explorations of space from memory-driven deterministic dynamics. Physical Review. E, 100 (3). doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.100.032201

Lumay, G., Pillitteri, S., Marck, M., Monsuur, F., Pauly, T., Ribeyre, Q., Francqui, F., & Vandewalle, N. (2019). Influence of mesoporous silica on powder flow and electrostatic properties on short and long term. Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology, 53. doi:10.1016/j.jddst.2019.101192

Pakpour, M., Vandewalle, N., & Lumay, G. (2019). Decompaction of wet granular materials under freeze-thaw cycling. Physical Review. E, 99 (1). doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.99.012901

Sukhov, A., Ziegler, S., Xie, Q., Trosman, O., Pande, J., Grosjean, G., Hubert, M., Vandewalle, N., Smith, A.-S., & Harting, J. (2019). Optimal motion of triangular magnetocapillary swimmers. Journal of Chemical Physics, 151 (12). doi:10.1063/1.5116860

Darras, A., Mignolet, F., Vandewalle, N., & Lumay, G. (December 2018). Remote-controlled deposit of superparamagnetic colloidal droplets. Physical Review. E, Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics, 98 (6). doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.98.062608

Darras, A., Vandewalle, N., & Lumay, G. (December 2018). Transitional bulk-solutal Marangoni instability in sessile drops. Physical Review. E, Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics, 98 (6). doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.98.062609

Grosjean, G., Hubert, M., Collard, Y., Pillitteri, S., & Vandewalle, N. (2018). Surface swimmers, harnessing the interface to self-propel. European Physical Journal E. Soft Matter, 41, 137. doi:10.1140/epje/i2018-11747-y

Grosjean, G., Hubert, M., & Vandewalle, N. (2018). Magnetocapillary self-assemblies: locomotion and micromanipulation along a liquid interface. Advances in Colloid and Interface Science, 255, 84-93. doi:10.1016/j.cis.2017.07.019

Metzmacher, J., Poty, M., Lumay, G., & Vandewalle, N. (12 December 2017). Self-assembly of smart mesoscopic objects. European Physical Journal E. Soft Matter and Biological Physics, 40, 108. doi:10.1140/epje/i2017-11599-y

Darras, A., Opsomer, E., Vandewalle, N., & Lumay, G. (10 August 2017). Superparamagnetic colloids in viscous fluids. Scientific Reports, 7, 7778. doi:10.1038/s41598-017-07917-y

Darras, A., Fiscina, J., Vandewalle, N., & Lumay, G. (March 2017). Relating Brownian motion to diffusion with superparamagnetic colloids. American Journal of Physics, 85 (265). doi:10.1119/1.4975382

Weyer, F., Duchesne, A., & Vandewalle, N. (2017). Switching behavior of droplets crossing nodes on a fiber network. Scientific Reports, 7 (1). doi:10.1038/s41598-017-13009-8

Grosjean, G., Hubert, M., Lagubeau, G., & Vandewalle, N. (01 August 2016). Realization of the Najafi-Golestanian microswimmer. Physical Review. E, 94 (2), 021101. doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.94.021101

Dubertrand, R., Hubert, M., Schlagheck, P., Vandewalle, N., Bastin, T., & Martin, J. (08 May 2016). Scattering theory of walking droplets in the presence of obstacles. New Journal of Physics, 18, 113037. doi:10.1088/1367-2630/18/11/113037

Darras, A., Fiscina, J., Pakpour, M., Vandewalle, N., & Lumay, G. (27 April 2016). Ribbons of superparamagnetic colloids in magnetic field. European Journal of Physics, 39 (47). doi:10.1140/epje/i2016-16047-0

Brandenbourger, M., Vandewalle, N., & Dorbolo, S. (2016). Displacement of an Electrically Charged Drop on a Vibrating Bath. Physical Review Letters, 116, 044501. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.044501

Dorbolo, S., adami, N., Dubois, C., Caps, H., Vandewalle, N., & Darbois-Texier, B. (2016). Rotation of melting ice disks due to melt fluid flow. Physical Review. E, Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics. doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.93.033112

Dorbolo, S., Vandewalle, N., & darbois-texier, B. (2016). spontaneous rotation of an ice disk while melting on a solid plate. Physics of Fluids, 28, 123601. doi:10.1063/1.4967399

Grosjean, G., Lagubeau, G., Darras, A., Hubert, M., Lumay, G., & Vandewalle, N. (2015). Remote control of self-assembled microswimmers. Scientific Reports. doi:10.1038/srep16035

Messina, R., Aljawhari, S., Bécu, L., Schockmel, J., Lumay, G., & Vandewalle, N. (2015). Quantitatively mimicking wet colloidal suspensions with dry granular media. Scientific Reports. doi:10.1038/srep10348

Hubert, M., Robert, D., Caps, H., Dorbolo, S., & Vandewalle, N. (24 February 2015). Resonant and antiresonant bouncing droplets. Physical Review. E, Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics, 91, 023017. doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.91.023017

Lumay, G., Schockmel, J., Henandez-Enriquez, D., Dorbolo, S., Vandewalle, N., & Pacheco-Vazquez, F. (2015). Flow of magnetic repelling grains in a two-dimensional silo. Papers in Physics. doi:10.4279/PIP.07.0013

Vandewalle, N. (2015). Soft matter: Brittle for breakfast. Nature Physics, 11 (10), 802-803. doi:10.1038/nphys3455

Poty, M., Lumay, G., & Vandewalle, N. (2014). Customizing mesoscale self-assembly with three-dimensional printing. New Journal of Physics. doi:10.1088/1367-2630/16/2/023013

Hubert, M., Ludewig, F., Dorbolo, S., & Vandewalle, N. (2014). Bouncing dynamics of a spring. Physica D. Nonlinear Phenomena, 272, 1-7. doi:10.1016/j.physd.2014.01.002

Vandewalle, N., & Dorbolo, S. (2014). Magnetic ghosts and monopoles. New Journal of Physics, 16, 013050. doi:10.1088/1367-2630/16/1/013050

Schockmel, J., Mersch, E., Vandewalle, N., & Lumay, G. (2013). Melting of a confined monolayer of magnetized beads. Physical Review. E, Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics. doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.87.062201

Dorbolo, S., Maquet, L., Brandenbourger, M., Ludewig, F., Lumay, G., Caps, H., Vandewalle, N., Rondia, S., Mélard, M., Van Loon, J., Dowson, A., & Vincent-Bonnieu, S. (2013). Influence of the gravity on the discharge of a silo. Granular Matter, 15, 263-273. doi:10.1007/s10035-013-0403-2

Lumay, G., Boschini, F., Cloots, R., & Vandewalle, N. (2013). Cascade of granular flows for characterizing segregation. Powder Technology. doi:10.1016/j.powtec.2012.09.028

Lumay, G., Dorbolo, S., Gerasimov, O., & Vandewalle, N. (2013). Experimental study of a vertical column of grains submitted to a series of impulses. European Physical Journal E. Soft Matter, 36, 16. doi:10.1140/epje/i2013-13016-1

Lumay, G., Obara, N., Weyer, F., & Vandewalle, N. (2013). Self-assembled magnetocapillary swimmers. Soft Matter. doi:10.1039/c2sm27598h

Olivier, D., Vandewalle, N., Mauguit, Q., & Parmentier, E. (2013). Kinematic analysis of swimming ontogeny in seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax). Belgian Journal of Zoology.

Terwagne, D., Ludewig, F., Vandewalle, N., & Dorbolo, S. (2013). The role of the droplet deformations in the bouncing droplet dynamics. Physics of Fluids, 25, 122101. doi:10.1063/1.4832975

Dorbolo, S., Ludewig, F., Vandewalle, N., & laroche, C. (2012). How does an ice block assembly melt? Physical Review. E, Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics. doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.85.051310

Gier, S., Dorbolo, S., Terwagne, D., Vandewalle, N., & Wagner, C. (2012). bouncing of polymeric droplets on liquid interfaces. Physical Review. E, Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics, 86, 066314. doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.86.066314

Pacheco Vazquez, F., Moreau, F., Vandewalle, N., & Dorbolo, S. (2012). Sculpting sandcastles grain by grain: Self-assembled sand towers. Physical Review. E, Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics, 86, 051303. doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.86.051303

Vandewalle, N., Clermont, L., Terwagne, D., Dorbolo, S., Mersch, E., & Lumay, G. (2012). Symmetry breaking in a few-body system with magnetocapillary interactions. Physical Review. E, Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics, 85, 041402. doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.85.041402

Mersch, E., & Vandewalle, N. (December 2011). Antiphase synchronization of electrically shaken conducting beads. Physical Review. E, Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics, 84, 061301. doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.84.061301

Delon, G., Terwagne, D., Dorbolo, S., Vandewalle, N., & Caps, H. (2011). Impact of liquid droplets on granular media. Physical Review. E, Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics. doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.84.046320

Dorbolo, S., scheller, T., Ludewig, F., Lumay, G., & Vandewalle, N. (2011). Influence of a reduced gravity on the volume fraction of a monolayer of spherical grains. Physical Review. E, Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics, 84, 041305. doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.84.041305

Dorbolo, S., Delhalle, R., Dujardin, J., Vandewalle, N., Denkov, N., Terwagne, D., & Huet, N. (2010). Antibubble lifetime: influence of the bulk viscosity and of the surface modulus of the mixture. Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects. doi:10.1016/j.colsurfa.2010.01.028

Gilet, T., Terwagne, D., & Vandewalle, N. (2010). Droplets sliding on fibres. European Physical Journal E. Soft Matter, 31 (3), 253. doi:10.1140/epje/i2010-10563-9

Mauguit, Q., Gennotte, V., Becco, C., Baras, E., Vandewalle, N., & Vandewalle, P. (2010). Ontogeny of swimming movements in the catfish Clarias gariepinus. Open Fish Science Journal, 3, 16-29. doi:10.2174/1874401X01003010016

Mauguit, Q., Olivier, D., Vandewalle, N., & Vandewalle, P. (2010). Ontogeny of swimming movement in bronze corydoras (Corydoras aeneus). Canadian Journal of Zoology, 88 (4), 378-389. doi:10.1139/Z10-012

Terwagne, D., Gilet, T., Vandewalle, N., & Dorbolo, S. (2010). From a bouncing compound drop to a double emulsion. Langmuir, 26 (14), 11680. doi:10.1021/la101096q

Terwagne, D., gilet, T., Vandewalle, N., & Dorbolo, S. (2010). Double emulsion in a compound droplet. Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 365 (1-3), 178. doi:10.1016/j.colsurfa.2010.02.019

Dorbolo, S., Ludewig, F., & Vandewalle, N. (2009). Bouncing trimer: a random self-propelled particle, chaos and periodical motions. New Journal of Physics, 11, 033016 (22. doi:10.1088/1367-2630/11/3/033016

Gilet, T., Vandewalle, N., & Dorbolo, S. (2009). Completely inelastic ball. Physical Review. E, Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics. doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.79.055201

Lumay, G., Dorbolo, S., & Vandewalle, N. (2009). compaction dynamics of magnetized powder. Physical Review. E, Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics, 80, 041302. doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.80.041302

Vandewalle, N., Terwagne, D., Gilet, T., Caps, H., & Dorbolo, S. (2009). Antibubbles, liquid onions and bouncing droplets. Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 344, 42-47. doi:10.1016/j.colsurfa.2009.01.004

Lumay, G., & Vandewalle, N. (December 2008). Controlled flow of smart powders. Physical Review. E, Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics, 78 (6). doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.78.061302

Dorbolo, S., Terwagne, D., Vandewalle, N., & Gilet, T. (18 November 2008). Resonant and rolling droplet. New Journal of Physics, 10. doi:10.1088/1367-2630/10/11/113021

Gilet, T., Terwagne, D., Vandewalle, N., & Dorbolo, S. (2008). Dynamics of a bouncing droplet onto a vertically vibrated interface. Physical Review Letters, 100 (16). doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.167802

Terwagne, D., Gilet, T., Vandewalle, N., & Dorbolo, S. (2008). A drop of spectroscopy. Physicalia Magazine, 30 (3), 161-168.

Lumay, G., & Vandewalle, N. (08 November 2007). Tunable random packings. New Journal of Physics, 9. doi:10.1088/1367-2630/9/11/406

Terwagne, D., Vandewalle, N., & Dorbolo, S. (November 2007). Lifetime of a Bouncing Droplet. Physical Review. E, Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics, 76 (5, Pt 2), 56311. doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.76.056311

Gilet, T., Vandewalle, N., & Dorbolo, S. (September 2007). Controlling the partial coalescence of a droplet on a vertically vibrated bath. Physical Review. E, Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics, 76 (3, Pt 2), 35302. doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.76.035302

Gilet, T., Mulleners, K., Lecomte, J.-P., Vandewalle, N., & Dorbolo, S. (March 2007). Critical parameters for the partial coalescence of a droplet. Physical Review. E, Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics, 75 (3, Pt 2), 36303. doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.75.036303

Bahri, M. A., Hoebeke, M., Grammenos, A., Delanaye, L., Vandewalle, N., & Seret, A. (15 November 2006). Investigation of SDS, DTAB and CTAB micelle microviscosities by electron spin resonance. Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 290 (1-3), 206-212. doi:10.1016/j.colsurfa.2006.05.021

Scheller, T., Huss, C., Lumay, G., Vandewalle, N., & Dorbolo, S. (September 2006). Precursors to avalanches in a granular monolayer. Physical Review. E, Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics, 74 (3, Pt 1), 31311. doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.74.031311

Caps, H., Dorbolo, S., Ponte, S., Croisier, H., & Vandewalle, N. (May 2004). Rolling and slipping motion of Euler's disk. Physical Review. E, Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics, 69 (5, Pt 2), 56610.

Dorbolo, S., Caps, H., & Vandewalle, N. (22 December 2003). Fluid instabilities in the birth and death of antibubbles. New Journal of Physics, 5. doi:10.1088/1367-2630/5/1/161

Vandewalle, N., Lenaerts, C., & Dorbolo, S. (January 2001). Non-Gaussian electrical fluctuations in a quasi-2d packing of metallic beads. Europhysics Letters, 53 (2), 197-201. doi:10.1209/epl/i2001-00136-9

Preud'Homme, N., Opsomer, E., Vandewalle, N., & Lumay, G. (07 June 2021). Effect of grain shape on the dynamics of granular materials in 2D rotating drum. EPJ Web of Conferences, 249. doi:10.1051/epjconf/202124906002

Preud'Homme, N., Neveu, A., Francqui, F., Opsomer, E., Vandewalle, N., & Lumay, G. (2021). Simulating powder based additive manufacturing processes: from DEM calibration to experimental validation. In 14th WCCM-ECCOMAS Congress 2020.

Rescaglio, A., Schockmel, J., Vandewalle, N., Lumay, G., Radjai, F., Delenne, J. Y., Nezamabadi, S., Radjai, F., & Luding, S. (2017). Combined effect of moisture and electrostatic charges on powder flow. EPJ Web of Conferences, 140. doi:10.1051/epjconf/201714013009

Hubert, M., & Vandewalle, N. (2013). Dynamiques complexes de rebonds d'une goutte placée sur un bain vibré: résonances et anti-résonances. In M. Hubert & N. Vandewalle (Eds.), Comptes-rendus de la 16e Rencontre du Non-linéaire Paris 2013 (pp. 49-54). St Etienne de Rouvray, France: Non-linéaire publication.

Vandewalle, N., Gilet, T., Jérôme, C., & Heusdens, B. (15 September 2010). A method and an apparatus for separating a first amount of liquid.

Ziegler, S.* , Delens, M.* , Collard, Y., Hubert, M., Vandewalle, N., & Smith, A.-S. (2023). Metachronal coordination at the mesoscale. ORBi-University of Liège. https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/308973. doi:10.48550/arXiv.2311.03269