Search Results - "Nadal, François"
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Three-Dimensionally Complex Phase Behavior and Collective Phenomena in Mixtures of Acoustically Powered Chiral Microspinners
Published in ACS nano (25-04-2023)“…The process of dynamic self-organization of small building blocks is fundamental to the emergent function of living systems and is characteristic of their…”
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Continuous Manipulation and Characterization of Colloidal Beads and Liposomes via Diffusiophoresis in Single- and Double-Junction Microchannels
Published in ACS nano (08-08-2023)“…We reveal a physical mechanism that enables the preconcentration, sorting, and characterization of charged polystyrene nanobeads and liposomes dispersed in a…”
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Enhanced Accumulation of Colloidal Particles in Microgrooved Channels via Diffusiophoresis and Steady-State Electrolyte Flows
Published in Langmuir (22-11-2022)“…The delivery of colloidal particles in dead-end microstructures is very challenging, since these geometries do not allow net flows of particle-laden fluids;…”
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Small acoustically forced symmetric bodies in viscous fluids
Published in The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America (01-03-2016)“…The total force exerted on a small rigid body by an acoustic field in a viscous fluid is addressed analytically in the limit where the typical size of the…”
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Model of Collective Fish Behavior with Hydrodynamic Interactions
Published in Physical review letters (11-05-2018)“…Fish schooling is often modeled with self-propelled particles subject to phenomenological behavioral rules. Although fish are known to sense and exploit flow…”
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Size segregation and particle velocity fluctuations in settling concentrated suspensions
Published in Rheologica acta (2009)“…We investigate the sedimentation of concentrated suspensions at low Reynolds numbers to study collective particle effects on local particle velocity…”
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Rotational propulsion enabled by inertia
Published in The European physical journal. E, Soft matter and biological physics (01-07-2014)“…The fluid mechanics of small-scale locomotion has recently attracted considerable attention, due to its importance in cell motility and the design of…”
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Electrically induced interactions between colloidal particles in the vicinity of a conducting plane
Published in Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics (01-06-2002)“…We address the problem of two-dimensional (2D) colloidal aggregation driven by an ac electrical field, by observing an aqueous dispersion of latex microspheres…”
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Reversible Trapping of Colloids in Microgrooved Channels via Diffusiophoresis under Steady-State Solute Gradients
Published in Physical review letters (11-12-2020)“…The controlled transport of colloids in dead-end structures is a key capability that can enable a wide range of applications, such as biochemical analysis,…”
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Clustering instability of focused swimmers
Published in Europhysics letters (01-12-2016)“…One of the hallmarks of active matter is its rich nonlinear dynamics and instabilities. Recent numerical simulations of phototactic algae showed that a thin…”
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Convective dissolution of CO$_2$ in 2D and 3D porous media: the impact of hydrodynamic dispersion
Published 07-10-2021“…Convective dissolution is the process by which CO$_2$ injected in deep geological formations dissolves into the aqueous phase, which allows storing it…”
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Continuous manipulation and characterization of colloidal beads and liposomes via diffusiophoresis in single- and double-junction microchannels
Published 07-03-2023“…July 17th, 2023 - ACS Nano We reveal an unreported physical mechanism that enables the pre-concentration, sorting and characterization of charged polystyrene…”
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Dynamics of a fluid inside a precessing cylinder
Published in Mechanics & industry : an international journal on mechanical sciences and engineering applications (2009)“…The instability of a fluid inside a precessing cylinder is studied theoretically and experimentally. This study is motivated by aeronautics and geophysics…”
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Reversible Trapping of Colloids in Microgrooved Channels via Diffusiophoresis under Steady-State Solute Gradients
Published 18-11-2020“…Phys. Rev. Lett. 125, 248002 (2020) The controlled transport of colloids in dead-end structures is a key capability that can enable a wide range of…”
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Model of collective fish behavior with hydrodynamic interactions
Published 03-05-2018“…Phys. Rev. Lett. 120, 198101 (2018) Fish schooling is often modeled with self-propelled particles subject to phenomenological behavioral rules. Although fish…”
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Probing the confined dynamics of a spherical colloid close to a surface by combined optical trapping and reflection interference contrast microscopy
Published in Applied physics letters (03-12-2001)“…A reflection interference contrast microscope and a two-beam optical trap have been combined to measure the interaction force between a colloidal particle…”
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Electrically induced microflows probed by Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy
Published in The European physical journal. E, Soft matter and biological physics (01-03-2005)“…We report on the experimental characterisation of electrically induced flows at the micrometer scale through Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy (FCS)…”
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Acoustic propulsion of a small bottom-heavy sphere
Published 19-05-2020“…J. Fluid Mech., 2020, 898, A10 We present here a comprehensive derivation for the speed of a small bottom-heavy sphere forced by a transverse acoustic field…”
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Clustering instability of focused swimmers
Published 18-01-2017“…One of the hallmarks of active matter is its rich nonlinear dynamics and instabilities. Recent numerical simulations of phototactic algae showed that a thin…”
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Purely viscous acoustic propulsion of bimetallic rods
Published 16-09-2021“…Phys. Rev. Fluids, 6, L092201, 2021 Synthetic microswimmers offer models for cell motility and their tunability makes them promising candidates for biomedical…”
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