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Jerez Boudesseul R, van 't Wout E. Modeling frequency shifts of collective bubble resonances with the boundary element method. THE JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 2023; 153:1898. [PMID: 37002100 DOI: 10.1121/10.0017650] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2022] [Accepted: 03/03/2023] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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Increasing the number of closely packed air bubbles immersed in water changes the frequency of the Minnaert resonance. The collective interactions between bubbles in a small ensemble are primarily in the same phase, causing them to radiate a spherically symmetric field that peaks at a frequency lower than the Minnaert resonance for a single bubble. In contrast, large periodic arrays include bubbles that are further apart than half of the wavelength such that collective resonances have bubbles oscillating in opposite phases, ultimately creating a fundamental resonance at a frequency higher than the single-bubble Minnaert resonance. This work investigates the transition in resonance behavior using a modal analysis of a mass-spring system and a boundary element method. The computational complexity of the full-wave solver is significantly reduced to a linear dependence on the number of bubbles in a rectangular array. The simulated acoustic fields confirm the initial downshift in resonance frequency and the strong influence of collective resonances when the array has hundreds of bubbles covering more than half of the wavelength. These results are essential in understanding the low-frequency resonance characteristics of bubble ensembles, which have important applications in diverse fields such as underwater acoustics, quantum physics, and metamaterial design.
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- Rudyard Jerez Boudesseul
- Institute for Mathematical and Computational Engineering, School of Engineering and Faculty of Mathematics, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Institute for Mathematical and Computational Engineering, School of Engineering and Faculty of Mathematics, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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Harazi M, Rupin M, Stephan O, Bossy E, Marmottant P. Acoustics of Cubic Bubbles: Six Coupled Oscillators. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2019; 123:254501. [PMID: 31922792 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.123.254501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2019] [Revised: 08/30/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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We introduce cubic bubbles that are pinned to 3D printed millimetric frames immersed in water. Cubic bubbles are more stable over time and space than standard spherical bubbles, while still allowing large oscillations of their faces. We find that each face can be described as a harmonic oscillator coupled to the other ones. These resonators are coupled by the gas inside the cube but also by acoustic interactions in the liquid. We provide an analytical model and 3D numerical simulations predicting the resonance with very good agreement. Acoustically, cubic bubbles prove to be good monopole subwavelength emitters, with nonemissive secondary surface modes.
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- Maxime Harazi
- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, LIPhy, F-38000 Grenoble, France
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- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, LIPhy, F-38000 Grenoble, France
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- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, LIPhy, F-38000 Grenoble, France
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Dev AA, Dey R, Mugele F. Behaviour of flexible superhydrophobic striped surfaces during (electro-)wetting of a sessile drop. SOFT MATTER 2019; 15:9840-9848. [PMID: 31724689 DOI: 10.1039/c9sm01663e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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We study here the microscopic deformations of elastic lamellae constituting a superhydrophobic substrate under different wetting conditions of a sessile droplet using electrowetting. The deformation profiles of the lamellae are experimentally evaluated using confocal microscopy. These experimental results are then explained using a variational principle formalism within the framework of linear elasticity. We show that the local deformation profile of a lamella is mainly controlled by the net horizontal component of the capillary forces acting on its top due to the pinned droplet contact line. We also discuss the indirect role of electrowetting in dictating the deformation characteristics of the elastic lamellae. One important conclusion is that the small deflection assumption, which is frequently used in the literature, fails to provide a quantitative description of the experimental results; a full solution of the non-linear governing equation is necessary to describe the experimentally obtained deflection profiles.
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- Arvind Arun Dev
- Physics of Complex Fluids, MESA + Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Twente, PO Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands.
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Piao L, Park H. Two-Dimensional Analysis of Air-Water Interface on Superhydrophobic Grooves under Fluctuating Water Pressure. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2015; 31:8022-8032. [PMID: 26135133 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.5b01847] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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We theoretically investigate the collapse (i.e., wetting) transition of the air-water interface on fully submerged superhydrophobic surfaces with micro-sized grooves under the fluctuating water pressure and the diffusion of the trapped air pockets. For the analysis, a nonlinear oscillator equation to describe the dynamics of the two-dimensional air-water interface on a single groove is derived, which is solved for a range of parameters of groove geometry and harmonically fluctuating water pressure. The results show that the pressure fluctuation across the interface encourages the early collapse of a plastron before reaching the critical hydrostatic pressure (i.e., maximum immersion depth) predetermined by the geometry. The dependence of plastron longevity on the surface geometry is found such that the plastron on a narrow groove (≤∼5 μm) (collapses mostly due to gas diffusion) lasts days while the ones on wider grooves (>∼35-45 μm, for example), more susceptible to the oscillating pressure, last a much shorter duration. The interplay between the air compression due to water impalement and the change of the volume of impaled water due to gas diffusion determines the response of plastron to fluctuating water pressure, which is analyzed in detail through the introduction of nondimensional parameters, and the critical groove width (most vulnerable to the external perturbations) is explained further. Finally, as a countermeasure to the fluctuating water pressure, it is suggested that the enhanced advancing contact angle of the groove sidewall (e.g., hierarchical structure) mitigates the negative effects.
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Optofluidic lens with tunable focal length and asphericity. Sci Rep 2014; 4:6378. [PMID: 25224851 PMCID: PMC4165269 DOI: 10.1038/srep06378] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2014] [Accepted: 08/26/2014] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Adaptive micro-lenses enable the design of very compact optical systems with tunable imaging properties. Conventional adaptive micro-lenses suffer from substantial spherical aberration that compromises the optical performance of the system. Here, we introduce a novel concept of liquid micro-lenses with superior imaging performance that allows for simultaneous and independent tuning of both focal length and asphericity. This is achieved by varying both hydrostatic pressures and electric fields to control the shape of the refracting interface between an electrically conductive lens fluid and a non-conductive ambient fluid. Continuous variation from spherical interfaces at zero electric field to hyperbolic ones with variable ellipticity for finite fields gives access to lenses with positive, zero, and negative spherical aberration (while the focal length can be tuned via the hydrostatic pressure).
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Chan CU, Ohl CD. Total-internal-reflection-fluorescence microscopy for the study of nanobubble dynamics. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2012; 109:174501. [PMID: 23215193 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.109.174501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2012] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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Nanobubbles can be observed with optical microscopy using the total-internal-reflection-fluorescence excitation. We report on total-internal-reflection-fluorescence visualization using rhodamine 6G at 5 μM concentration which results in strongly contrasting pictures. The preferential absorption and the high spatial resolution allow us to detect nanobubbles with diameters of 230 nm and above. We resolve the nucleation dynamics during the water-ethanol-water exchange: within 4 min after exchange the bubbles nucleate and form a stable population. Additionally, we demonstrate that tracer particles near to the nanobubbles are following Brownian motion: the remaining drift flow is weaker than a few micrometers per second at a distance of 400 nm from the nanobubble's center.
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- Chon U Chan
- Division of Physics and Applied Physics, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 637371, Singapore
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Murade CU, van der Ende D, Mugele F. High speed adaptive liquid microlens array. OPTICS EXPRESS 2012; 20:18180-18187. [PMID: 23038366 DOI: 10.1364/oe.20.018180] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Liquid microlenses are attractive for adaptive optics because they offer the potential for both high speed actuation and parallelization into large arrays. Yet, in conventional designs, resonances of the liquid and the complexity of driving mechanisms and/or the device architecture have hampered a successful integration of both aspects. Here we present an array of up to 100 microlenses with synchronous modulation of the focal length at frequencies beyond 1 kHz using electrowetting. Our novel concept combines pinned contact lines at the edge of each microlens with an electrowetting controlled regulation of the pressure that actuates all microlenses in parallel. This design enables the development of various shapes of microlenses. The design presented here has potential applications in rapid parallel optical switches, artificial compound eye and three dimensional imaging.
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- C U Murade
- Physics of Complex Fluids, MESA + Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Twente, 7521 AE, Enschede, The Netherlands
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Leroy S, Steinberger A, Cottin-Bizonne C, Restagno F, Léger L, Charlaix É. Hydrodynamic interaction between a spherical particle and an elastic surface: a gentle probe for soft thin Films. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2012; 108:264501. [PMID: 23004986 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.108.264501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2011] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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We study the hydrodynamic interaction between a sphere and an elastic surface at a nanoscale with a dynamic surface force apparatus. We show that the interplay between viscous forces and elastic deformations leads to very rich scaling properties of the force response, providing a unique signature of the surface elastic behavior. These properties are illustrated on three different examples: a thick elastomer, a thin elastomer film, and a layer of micrometric bubbles. We show that this fluid probing allows one to measure the Young's modulus of surfaces and soft thin layers at distance, without any direct solid-solid contact.
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- Samuel Leroy
- Université Lyon 1-Université de Lyon-CNRS, Laboratoire PMCN, F-69622 Villeurbanne, France
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Reversible switching between superhydrophobic states on a hierarchically structured surface. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2012; 109:10210-3. [PMID: 22689952 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1204328109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 154] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Nature offers exciting examples for functional wetting properties based on superhydrophobicity, such as the self-cleaning surfaces on plant leaves and trapped air on immersed insect surfaces allowing underwater breathing. They inspire biomimetic approaches in science and technology. Superhydrophobicity relies on the Cassie wetting state where air is trapped within the surface topography. Pressure can trigger an irreversible transition from the Cassie state to the Wenzel state with no trapped air--this transition is usually detrimental for nonwetting functionality and is to be avoided. Here we present a new type of reversible, localized and instantaneous transition between two Cassie wetting states, enabled by two-level (dual-scale) topography of a superhydrophobic surface, that allows writing, erasing, rewriting and storing of optically displayed information in plastrons related to different length scales.
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- Lydéric Bocquet
- Laboratoire de Physique de la Matière Condensée et Nanostructures, Université Lyon 1, UMR CNRS 5586, 69622 Villeurbanne, France.
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Manukyan G, Oh JM, van den Ende D, Lammertink RGH, Mugele F. Electrical switching of wetting states on superhydrophobic surfaces: a route towards reversible Cassie-to-Wenzel transitions. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2011; 106:014501. [PMID: 21231746 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.106.014501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2010] [Revised: 09/17/2010] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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We demonstrate that the equilibrium shape of the composite interface between superhydrophobic surfaces and drops in the superhydrophobic Cassie state under electrowetting is determined by the balance of the Maxwell stress and the Laplace pressure. Energy barriers due to pinning of contact lines at the edges of the hydrophobic pillars control the transition from the Cassie to the Wenzel state. Barriers due to the narrow gap between adjacent pillars control the lateral propagation of the Wenzel state. We demonstrate how reversible switching between the two wetting states can be achieved locally using suitable surface and electrode geometries.
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- G Manukyan
- Physics of Complex Fluids, Fluidics and Interfaces, IMPACT and MESA+ Institute, Department of Science and Technology, University of Twente, P.O. Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands
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Poetes R, Holtzmann K, Franze K, Steiner U. Metastable underwater superhydrophobicity. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2010; 105:166104. [PMID: 21230986 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.105.166104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2010] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Superhydrophobicity is generally considered to be a thermodynamically stable wetting state. The stability of the plastron (the thin air film separating the substrate from the water in the superhydrophobic state) was studied in underwater experiments. The plastron exhibited a rapid decay after a well defined onset time, which was found to be dependent on the immersion depth. The plastron decay is explained in terms of a model, which is based on confocal microscopy measurements. The limited underwater plastron stability explains the rarity of permanently submerged superhydrophobic surfaces in nature and limits their scope for commercial applications.
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- Rosa Poetes
- Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 0HE, United Kingdom
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Rathgen H, Mugele F. Microscopic shape and contact angle measurement at a superhydrophobic surface. Faraday Discuss 2010; 146:49-56; discussion 79-101, 395-401. [DOI: 10.1039/b925956b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Bobji MS, Kumar SV, Asthana A, Govardhan RN. Underwater sustainability of the "Cassie" state of wetting. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2009; 25:12120-6. [PMID: 19821621 DOI: 10.1021/la902679c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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A rough hydrophobic surface when immersed in water can result in a "Cassie" state of wetting in which the water is in contact with both the solid surface and the entrapped air. The sustainability of the entrapped air on such surfaces is important for underwater applications such as reduction of flow resistance in microchannels and drag reduction of submerged bodies such as hydrofoils. We utilize an optical technique based on total internal reflection of light at the water-air interface to quantify the spatial distribution of trapped air on such a surface and its variation with immersion time. With this technique, we evaluate the sustainability of the Cassie state on hydrophobic surfaces with four different kinds of textures. The textures studied are regular arrays of pillars, ridges, and holes that were created in silicon by a wet etching technique, and also a texture of random craters that was obtained through electrodischarge machining of aluminum. These surfaces were rendered hydrophobic with a self-assembled layer of fluorooctyl trichlorosilane. Depending on the texture, the size and shape of the trapped air pockets were found to vary. However, irrespective of the texture, both the size and the number of air pockets were found to decrease with time gradually and eventually disappear, suggesting that the sustainability of the "Cassie" state is finite for all the microstructures studied. This is possibly due to diffusion of air from the trapped air pockets into the water. The time scale for disappearance of air pockets was found to depend on the kind of microstructure and the hydrostatic pressure at the water-air interface. For the surface with a regular array of pillars, the air pockets were found to be in the form of a thin layer perched on top of the pillars with a large lateral extent compared to the spacing between pillars. For other surfaces studied, the air pockets are smaller and are of the same order as the characteristic length scale of the texture. Measurements for the surface with holes indicate that the time for air-pocket disappearance reduces as the hydrostatic pressure is increased.
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- Musuvathi S Bobji
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560 012, India.
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Tourkine P, Le Merrer M, Quéré D. Delayed freezing on water repellent materials. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2009; 25:7214-7216. [PMID: 19522485 DOI: 10.1021/la900929u] [Citation(s) in RCA: 168] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Water drops on hydrophobic microtextured materials sit on a mixture of solid and air. In standard superhydrophobic situations, the drop contacts more air than solid, so that we can think of exploiting the insulating properties of this sublayer. We show here that its presence induces a significant delay in freezing, when depositing water on cold solids. If the substrate is slightly tilted, these drops can thus be removed without freezing and without accumulating on the substrate, a property of obvious practical interest.
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- Piotr Tourkine
- Physique et Mécanique des Milieux Hétérogènes, UMR 7636 du CNRS, ESPCI, 75005 Paris, France
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