The spreading of complex fluids is a key process in the industry. Classic examples are the coating of paint or protective layer, cream and make-up application on the skin, and the fabrication of paper. In all these situations, the fluids are non-Newtonian due to the presence of polymers or/and particles, resulting in more complex rheological behavior under shear. Focusing on cosmetic applications, we sought to understand how the fluid properties impact the deposited film.In the first part, we considered the spreading of polymer solutions with a flexible blade that deforms during spreading. We combined these experiments with numerical models and scaling laws. We show that the thickness of the deposited film decreases as the fluid reservoir e...
Co-direction : Jacques MeunierWe study the Saffman-Taylor instability in complex fluids. More precis...
Wetting phenomena and yield-stress fluids rheology are subfields of soft matter physics where big un...
The dynamics of thin films on a horizontal solid substrate is investigated in the case of non-Newton...
The spreading of complex fluids is a key process in the industry. Classic examples are the coating o...
This study shows the rich phenomenology of a simple act : spreading complex solutions such as emulsi...
This thesis concerns the drying of thin aqueous solution in a cosmetic context, the stability and te...
L’étalement des produits cosmétiques, bien qu’il semble trivial à l’échelle du consommateur, met en ...
The spreading of cosmetic products, although it seems trivial at the consumer level, involves many c...
Les fluides à seuil sont des matériaux utilisés dans de nombreux procédés industriels au cours desqu...
Ce travail de thèse porte sur l'étalement de fluides complexes. Il met en évidence la riche phénomén...
The behavior (flow, adhesion,...) of a yield stress fluid along a solid surface is a recurrent probl...
We consider solid surfaces, partly covered with flexible, neutral, linear polymers (by adsorption or...
Yield stress fluids are used in various industrial processes in which solid tools make them flow. To...
We study the pattern formation induced by drying colloidal suspensions and polymer solutions in a ve...
The current thesis investigates the controlled spreading of droplets of complex fluids. This thesis ...
Co-direction : Jacques MeunierWe study the Saffman-Taylor instability in complex fluids. More precis...
Wetting phenomena and yield-stress fluids rheology are subfields of soft matter physics where big un...
The dynamics of thin films on a horizontal solid substrate is investigated in the case of non-Newton...
The spreading of complex fluids is a key process in the industry. Classic examples are the coating o...
This study shows the rich phenomenology of a simple act : spreading complex solutions such as emulsi...
This thesis concerns the drying of thin aqueous solution in a cosmetic context, the stability and te...
L’étalement des produits cosmétiques, bien qu’il semble trivial à l’échelle du consommateur, met en ...
The spreading of cosmetic products, although it seems trivial at the consumer level, involves many c...
Les fluides à seuil sont des matériaux utilisés dans de nombreux procédés industriels au cours desqu...
Ce travail de thèse porte sur l'étalement de fluides complexes. Il met en évidence la riche phénomén...
The behavior (flow, adhesion,...) of a yield stress fluid along a solid surface is a recurrent probl...
We consider solid surfaces, partly covered with flexible, neutral, linear polymers (by adsorption or...
Yield stress fluids are used in various industrial processes in which solid tools make them flow. To...
We study the pattern formation induced by drying colloidal suspensions and polymer solutions in a ve...
The current thesis investigates the controlled spreading of droplets of complex fluids. This thesis ...
Co-direction : Jacques MeunierWe study the Saffman-Taylor instability in complex fluids. More precis...
Wetting phenomena and yield-stress fluids rheology are subfields of soft matter physics where big un...
The dynamics of thin films on a horizontal solid substrate is investigated in the case of non-Newton...