Optimal wrapping of liquid droplets with ultrathin sheets

Nature Materials
Joseph D PaulsenNarayanan Menon

Abstract

Elastic sheets offer a path to encapsulating a droplet of one fluid in another that is different from that of traditional molecular or particulate surfactants. In wrappings of fluids by sheets of moderate thickness with petals designed to curl into closed shapes, capillarity balances bending forces. Here, we show that, by using much thinner sheets, the constraints of this balance can be lifted to access a regime of high sheet bendability that brings three major advantages: ultrathin sheets automatically achieve optimally efficient shapes that maximize the enclosed volume of liquid for a fixed area of sheet; interfacial energies and mechanical properties of the sheet are irrelevant within this regime, thus allowing for further functionality; and complete coverage of the fluid can be achieved without special sheet designs. We propose and validate a general geometric model that captures the entire range of this new class of wrapped and partially wrapped shapes.

References

Dec 16, 2005·Nature·Anand Bala SubramaniamHoward A Stone
May 16, 2007·Physical Review Letters·Charlotte PyCharles N Baroud
Aug 4, 2007·Science·Jiangshui HuangThomas P Russell
May 20, 2008·Science·Luka PocivavsekEnrique Cerda
Aug 5, 2008·Langmuir : the ACS Journal of Surfaces and Colloids·Lichao Gao, Thomas J McCarthy
Nov 26, 2009·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America·Xiaoying GuoRalph G Nuzzo
Sep 28, 2010·Physical Review Letters·Douglas P Holmes, Alfred J Crosby
Nov 16, 2010·Nature Materials·Hillel Aharoni, Eran Sharon
Jun 15, 2011·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America·Arnaud AntkowiakMarco Rivetti
Nov 2, 2011·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America·Benny DavidovitchEnrique A Cerda
Nov 24, 2011·Physical Review Letters·Haim Diamant, Thomas A Witten
Dec 21, 2011·Physical Review Letters·Timothée JaminEric Falcon
Jun 9, 2012·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America·Hunter KingNarayanan Menon
Jul 19, 2013·Physical Review Letters·R D SchrollB Davidovitch
Oct 2, 2014·Soft Matter·Farzam ZoueshtiaghDavid Guerrin
Jan 24, 2015·Physical Review Letters·Dominic VellaBenny Davidovitch

❮ Previous
Next ❯

Citations

Jan 21, 2016·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America·Joseph D PaulsenBenny Davidovitch
Jul 22, 2016·Journal of the Royal Society, Interface·J B BostwickS H Davis
Jun 8, 2017·Advanced Materials·Sangchul RohOrlin D Velev
Jun 1, 2017·Langmuir : the ACS Journal of Surfaces and Colloids·Hiroya AbeHiroshi Yabu
May 16, 2018·Soft Matter·Benny Davidovitch, Dominic Vella
Dec 14, 2017·Science Advances·Christiana E UdohValeria Garbin
Jan 16, 2018·Advanced Materials·Shaowei ShiThomas P Russell
Sep 5, 2018·Soft Matter·Timothy TwohigAndrew B Croll
Jun 24, 2016·Science Advances·William S Y WongAntonio Tricoli
Oct 20, 2018·Soft Matter·Noah P MitchellHeinrich M Jaeger
Dec 13, 2018·Soft Matter·Lucia Stein-MontalvoDouglas P Holmes
Jan 23, 2020·Soft Matter·H BenseJ Bico
Feb 17, 2018·Science·Deepak KumarNarayanan Menon
Sep 13, 2019·Advanced Materials·Daniil KarnaushenkoOliver G Schmidt
May 17, 2017·Physical Review. E·Somnath KarmakarShankar Ghosh
Jul 27, 2017·The European Physical Journal. E, Soft Matter·Adam FortaisKari Dalnoki-Veress
Feb 12, 2017·Physical Review Letters·Joseph D PaulsenNarayanan Menon
Aug 9, 2019·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America·Emmanuel SiéfertBenoît Roman
Sep 17, 2016·Physical Review Letters·Huy Pham DinhPascal Damman
Aug 17, 2018·Physical Review. E·Vincent DémeryPascal Damman
Nov 24, 2020·The European Physical Journal. Special Topics·Jon Otto Fossum
Dec 24, 2020·Soft Matter·S Ganga PrasathRama Govindarajan
Oct 22, 2019·Journal of Colloid and Interface Science·Sirshendu MisraSushanta K Mitra
Apr 23, 2021·Advanced Materials·Xiaojiang LiuZhongze Gu
Jun 1, 2021·ACS Central Science·Yaohua LiMonica Olvera de la Cruz
Aug 21, 2019·Nano Letters·Michael F ReynoldsPaul L McEuen

❮ Previous
Next ❯

Related Concepts

Trending Feeds

COVID-19

Coronaviruses encompass a large family of viruses that cause the common cold as well as more serious diseases, such as the ongoing outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19; formally known as 2019-nCoV). Coronaviruses can spread from animals to humans; symptoms include fever, cough, shortness of breath, and breathing difficulties; in more severe cases, infection can lead to death. This feed covers recent research on COVID-19.

Blastomycosis

Blastomycosis fungal infections spread through inhaling Blastomyces dermatitidis spores. Discover the latest research on blastomycosis fungal infections here.

Nuclear Pore Complex in ALS/FTD

Alterations in nucleocytoplasmic transport, controlled by the nuclear pore complex, may be involved in the pathomechanism underlying multiple neurodegenerative diseases including Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Dementia. Here is the latest research on the nuclear pore complex in ALS and FTD.

Applications of Molecular Barcoding

The concept of molecular barcoding is that each original DNA or RNA molecule is attached to a unique sequence barcode. Sequence reads having different barcodes represent different original molecules, while sequence reads having the same barcode are results of PCR duplication from one original molecule. Discover the latest research on molecular barcoding here.

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Chronic fatigue syndrome is a disease characterized by unexplained disabling fatigue; the pathology of which is incompletely understood. Discover the latest research on chronic fatigue syndrome here.

Evolution of Pluripotency

Pluripotency refers to the ability of a cell to develop into three primary germ cell layers of the embryo. This feed focuses on the mechanisms that underlie the evolution of pluripotency. Here is the latest research.

Position Effect Variegation

Position Effect Variagation occurs when a gene is inactivated due to its positioning near heterochromatic regions within a chromosome. Discover the latest research on Position Effect Variagation here.

STING Receptor Agonists

Stimulator of IFN genes (STING) are a group of transmembrane proteins that are involved in the induction of type I interferon that is important in the innate immune response. The stimulation of STING has been an active area of research in the treatment of cancer and infectious diseases. Here is the latest research on STING receptor agonists.

Microbicide

Microbicides are products that can be applied to vaginal or rectal mucosal surfaces with the goal of preventing, or at least significantly reducing, the transmission of sexually transmitted infections. Here is the latest research on microbicides.

Related Papers

Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology
Glen McHaleNicasio R Geraldi
Advances in Colloid and Interface Science
Reinhard Lipowsky
© 2021 Meta ULC. All rights reserved