This thesis highlights different geometric effects involved in wetting phenomena. The first part is dedicated to the development of a model of interactions in liquids to determine, from the geometry of the interface, the distribution of capillary forces at a molecular level. In this context we propose an new microscopic interpretation of Young's force balance that leads to the equilibrium contact angle in a corner of fluid. In the second part, this model is applied to phenomena as line tension, electrowetting and elastocapillary interactions -- these all involve capillary forces at molecular scales. The effects of line tension are studied by molecular dynamics simulations of nanodrops, and we present a geometrical interpretation of the phen...
Two collective properties distinguishing the thin liquid water vapour interface from the bulk liquid...
Using large-scale molecular dynamics simulations, we model a 9.2 nm liquid bridge between two solid ...
Hypothesis: The notion of the contact line is fundamental to capillary science, where in a large cat...
This thesis highlights different geometric effects involved in wetting phenomena. The first part is ...
This thesis deals with elasto-capillary interactions. Although capillary force is negligible at larg...
The modeling of the capillary effects is approached starting from the concepts developed in discrete...
When contacting a wetting liquid with a narrow tube, a meniscus forms and rises spontaneously, progr...
The static and dynamic interaction between a local probe and a liquid film provokes the deformation ...
Fluid penetration into capillary tubes resulting from the interplay between solid-liquid adhesive in...
Wetting phenomena and yield-stress fluids rheology are subfields of soft matter physics where big un...
Wetting represents one of the most fundamental features of water interactions with a surface, result...
In this thesis, we use molecular simulation tools to characterize the thermodynamic properties of fl...
This thesis focuses on interactions between liquids and elastic solids. We first revisit the snap-th...
Macroscopic approach to the wetting phenomena, based on the isotherms of disjoining pressure of wett...
Theoretical methods of studying surface The study of capillarity i.e. of the phenomena governed by ...
Two collective properties distinguishing the thin liquid water vapour interface from the bulk liquid...
Using large-scale molecular dynamics simulations, we model a 9.2 nm liquid bridge between two solid ...
Hypothesis: The notion of the contact line is fundamental to capillary science, where in a large cat...
This thesis highlights different geometric effects involved in wetting phenomena. The first part is ...
This thesis deals with elasto-capillary interactions. Although capillary force is negligible at larg...
The modeling of the capillary effects is approached starting from the concepts developed in discrete...
When contacting a wetting liquid with a narrow tube, a meniscus forms and rises spontaneously, progr...
The static and dynamic interaction between a local probe and a liquid film provokes the deformation ...
Fluid penetration into capillary tubes resulting from the interplay between solid-liquid adhesive in...
Wetting phenomena and yield-stress fluids rheology are subfields of soft matter physics where big un...
Wetting represents one of the most fundamental features of water interactions with a surface, result...
In this thesis, we use molecular simulation tools to characterize the thermodynamic properties of fl...
This thesis focuses on interactions between liquids and elastic solids. We first revisit the snap-th...
Macroscopic approach to the wetting phenomena, based on the isotherms of disjoining pressure of wett...
Theoretical methods of studying surface The study of capillarity i.e. of the phenomena governed by ...
Two collective properties distinguishing the thin liquid water vapour interface from the bulk liquid...
Using large-scale molecular dynamics simulations, we model a 9.2 nm liquid bridge between two solid ...
Hypothesis: The notion of the contact line is fundamental to capillary science, where in a large cat...