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Papers by Christophe Poulard

The European Physical Journal E

Soft Matter

We study the debonding of a soft adhesive layer from a micrometric pillar. We uncover power laws ... more We study the debonding of a soft adhesive layer from a micrometric pillar. We uncover power laws as a function of the pillar diameter for the maximum force and the critical elongation of the fibril of adhesive material formed during debonding.

Europhysics Letters

We investigate theoretically and numerically the diffusion-limited evaporation of a liquid deposi... more We investigate theoretically and numerically the diffusion-limited evaporation of a liquid deposited on a fiber in two configurations: a sleeve and an axisymmetric barrel-shaped droplet. For a sleeve, the local flux depends on both the aspect ratio and the smallest length of the problem. By using analytical calculations and 3D finite elements simulations, we predict a divergence of this flux further localized at the edge as the aspect ratio increases. The evaporation of axisymmetric drops on a fiber is studied with numerical simulations. For sufficiently large volumes, we evidence that the evaporation rate is almost independent of the wetting properties of the liquid, even for small contact angles, and that the droplets evaporate as spheres of the same volume.

Physical Review E, 2021

Different contact regimes between a spherical lens and a periodically patterned substrate are obs... more Different contact regimes between a spherical lens and a periodically patterned substrate are observed, when they are pressed against each other. Top contact occurs when only the highest substrate sections touch the lens, whereas mixed contact implies that both the highest and the lowest substrate sections come into contact with the lens. In this paper, we study how the pattern density of the substrate, along with its physical properties and those of the lens, determine the transition from top contact to mixed contact. Experiments and numerical simulations had been performed, as complementary approaches to obtain data, and a theoretical analysis has been developed to gain insight on the effect of the physical parameters on the contact transition. As a result, a phase diagram is presented, in terms of the load and the contact radius, that combines the observations of the three approaches (experimental, numerical, and theoretical), unveiling the boundaries of three contact regimes: (1) deterministic-driven contact, (2) top contact, and (3) mixed contact.

HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe), Sep 5, 2021

HAL is a multidisciplinary open access archive for the deposit and dissemination of scientific re... more HAL is a multidisciplinary open access archive for the deposit and dissemination of scientific research documents, whether they are published or not. The documents may come from teaching and research institutions in France or abroad, or from public or private research centers. L'archive ouverte pluridisciplinaire HAL, est destinée au dépôt et à la diffusion de documents scientifiques de niveau recherche, publiés ou non, émanant des établissements d'enseignement et de recherche français ou étrangers, des laboratoires publics ou privés.

Journal of Physics: Materials, 2020

Based on a specifically designed stretching apparatus, we study the incidence of the stretching p... more Based on a specifically designed stretching apparatus, we study the incidence of the stretching parameters on the formation of polypropylene-polyamide-6 (PP-PA6) copolymers acting as adhesion promoters in PP/PA6 multilayer films. The stretching apparatus mimics the stretching conditions found in the air gap of a co-extrusion machine in terms of stretching velocities and distances and of cooling rates. We propose a simplified numerical modeling of these experiments. It allows to explore how the various molecular (concentration in reactive species, diffusion coefficient) and stretching parameters affect the time evolution of the copolymer surface density during stretching. More precisely, we show that even though the contact time for the reaction is large regarding the reaction time, a dilation of the surface can result in a strong lowering of the grafting density at the interface.

Soft Matter, 2018

The packing of soft frictional and adhesive emulsion drops shows similarities to packings of fric... more The packing of soft frictional and adhesive emulsion drops shows similarities to packings of frictional hard spheres, while also presenting intriguing new features.

Journal of Materials Science, 2018

Silica particles were modified with a poly(4-vinylpyridine) (P4VP) for efficient separation of oi... more Silica particles were modified with a poly(4-vinylpyridine) (P4VP) for efficient separation of oil-in-water emulsions. Using a 3-(aminopropyl) triethoxysilane (APTES)-based molecule coupled to an appropriate radical initiator, P4VP chains were built from silica surfaces under mild reaction conditions using surface-initiated supplemental activator and reducing agent atom transfer radical polymerization. P4VP-modified silica particles were successfully used as a pH-switchable barrier for oil/water separation and proved to be efficient in removing oil from an oil-in-water nanoemulsion.

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Physical Review Letters, 2018

There is a misprint in the axis of panel (d) in Fig. 3. Following the data in Fig. 3(c), the corr... more There is a misprint in the axis of panel (d) in Fig. 3. Following the data in Fig. 3(c), the corresponding horizontal axis in Fig. 3(d) should have units of mN=m. The corrected graph is presented below. We note that the corresponding statement about the limit of viscous dissipation (on page 4 of the Letter) should read "we note that the critical transition, peeling to no peeling, occurs when ηU=γ ¼ Ca ¼ Oð10 −4-10 −3 Þ". We thank Jingcheng Ma of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign for identifying this misprint. FIG. 3. Role of viscous dissipation D η. (a) Capillary peeling becomes less efficient at higher speeds U > 1 mm=s, especially for very thin films b < 100 nm. The success rate is calculated for capillary peeling performed on 20 samples. (b) Velocity dependence of the adhesion energy G and the viscous dissipation D η. The blue domain corresponds to an energetically favorable peeling. (c) Capillary peeling becomes less efficient at higher viscosities η ≈ 10 −2 Pa s for b ¼ 850 nm. (d) The data from panel (c) collapse when plotted as a function of ηU. Capillary peeling tends to fail for ηU > 10 −2 mN=m.

Proceedings. Mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences, 2016

We report on the elastic contact between a spherical lens and a patterned substrate, composed of ... more We report on the elastic contact between a spherical lens and a patterned substrate, composed of a hexagonal lattice of cylindrical pillars. The stress field and the size of the contact area are obtained by means of numerical methods: a superposition method of discrete pressure elements and an iterative bisection-like method. For small indentations, a transition from a Hertzian to a soft-flat-punch behaviour is observed when the surface fraction of the substrate that is covered by the pillars is increased. In particular, we present a master curve defined by two dimensionless parameters, which allows one to predict the stress at the centre of the contact region in terms of the surface fraction occupied by pillars. The transition between the limiting contact regimes, Hertzian and soft-flat-punch, is well described by a rational function. Additionally, a simple model to describe the Boussinesq-Cerruti-like contact between the lens and a single elastic pillar, which takes into account t...

Physical review letters, Jan 13, 2017

Inks of permanent markers and waterproof cosmetics create elastic thin films upon application on ... more Inks of permanent markers and waterproof cosmetics create elastic thin films upon application on a surface. Such adhesive materials are deliberately designed to exhibit water-repellent behavior. Therefore, patterns made up of these inks become resistant to moisture and cannot be cleaned by water after drying. However, we show that sufficiently slow dipping of such elastic films, which are adhered to a substrate, into a bath of pure water allows for complete removal of the hydrophobic coatings. Upon dipping, the air-water interface in the bath forms a contact line on the substrate, which exerts a capillary-induced peeling force at the edge of the hydrophobic thin film. We highlight that this capillary peeling process is more effective at lower velocities of the air-liquid interface and lower viscosities. Capillary peeling not only removes such thin films from the substrate but also transfers them flawlessly onto the air-water interface.

The European physical journal. E, Soft matter, 2017

This work aims to identify common challenges in the preparation of the blister test devices desig... more This work aims to identify common challenges in the preparation of the blister test devices designed for the measurement of the energy release rate for brittle thin films and to propose easy-to-implement solutions accordingly. To this end, we provide a step-by-step guide for fabricating a blister test device comprised of thin polystyrene films adhered to glass substrates. Thin films are first transferred from donor substrates to an air-water interface, which is then used as a platform to locate them on a receiver substrate. We embed a microchannel at the back of the device to evacuate the air trapped in the opening, through which the pressure is applied. We quantify the height and the radius of the blister to estimate the adhesion energy using the available expressions correlating the normal force and the moment with the shape of the blister. The present blister test provided an adhesion energy per unit area of G = 18±2 mJ/m^2 for polystyrene on glass, which is in good agreement wit...

Advances in Colloid and Interface Science, 2017

Dispersions of immiscible liquids, such as emulsions and polymer blends, are at the core of many ... more Dispersions of immiscible liquids, such as emulsions and polymer blends, are at the core of many industrial applications which makes the understanding of their properties (morphology, stability, etc.) of great interest. A wide range of these properties depend on interfacial phenomena, whose understanding is therefore of particular importance. The behaviour of interfacial tension in emulsions and polymer blends is well-understood-both theoretically and experimentally-in the case of non-reactive stabilization processes using pre-made surfactants. However, this description of the interfacial tension behaviour in reactive systems, where the stabilizing agents are created in-situ (and which is more efficient as a stabilization route for many systems), does not yet find a consensus amongst the community. In this review, we compare the different theories which have been developed for non-reactive and for reactive systems, and we discuss their ability to capture the behaviour found experimentally. Finally, we address the consequences of the reactive stabilization process both on the global emulsions or polymer blend morphologies and at the interfacial scale.

Comptes Rendus Chimie, 2016

The JJ stent constitutes a medical device extensively used nowadays by urologists in more than 40... more The JJ stent constitutes a medical device extensively used nowadays by urologists in more than 40,000 patients per year in France. In this investigation, we characterize the surface state and the elastic properties of a set of JJ stents on which pathological calcifications are present. These encrustations have been identified by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. A surface examination by scanning electron microscopy indicates the existence of defects. The striking point of these observations is that black marks, present at the surface to help urologists during the operation, significantly alter the surface and may serve as nucleation centers. Moreover, elastic properties are not preserved when the indwelling time of JJ stents is longer than 12 wk. Such data may help industrial companies to develop new JJ stents, which avoid the formation of encrustations and help the clinician to optimize the lifetime of JJ stents in patients.

Macromolecular Rapid Communications, 2016

Macrocellular silicone polymers are obtained after solidification of the continuous phase of a PD... more Macrocellular silicone polymers are obtained after solidification of the continuous phase of a PDMS (polydimethylsiloxane) emulsion, which contains PEG (polyethylene glycol) drops of sub-millimetric dimensions. Coalescence of the liquid template emulsion is prohibited by a reactive blending approach. We investigate in detail the relationship between the interfacial properties and the emulsion stability, and we use micro-and millifluidic techniques to generation macro-cellular polymers with controlled structural properties over a wider range of cell-sizes (0.2-2mm) and volume fractions of the continuous phase (0.1-40%). This approach could easily be transferred to a wide range of polymeric systems.

The European Physical Journal E, 2015

We investigated the formation of a contact between a smooth sphere of elastomer and a micropatter... more We investigated the formation of a contact between a smooth sphere of elastomer and a micropatterned elastomer substrate. We focussed our attention on the transition between a contact only established at the top of the pillars, and a mixed contact with a central zone of full contact surrounded by a top contact corona, which was observed when the normal load was increased. The full contact zone always nucleated with a finite radius, and the transition appears to be a first-order transition, with a hysteresis due to the creation of an adhesive zone between the pillars. We propose to include the effect of the new inter-pillar adhesion to produce a realistic treatment of the mechanics of these complex contacts. This new approach quantitatively accounts for the evolution of the observed jump in the radius of the full contact with the geometrical parameters of the pattern.

Physical Review Letters, 2016

It is nearly impossible to separate two interleaved phone books when held by their spines. A full... more It is nearly impossible to separate two interleaved phone books when held by their spines. A full understanding of this astonishing demonstration of solid friction in complex assemblies remains elusive. In this Letter, we report on experiments with controlled booklets and show that the force required increases sharply with the number of sheets. A model captures the effect of the number of sheets, their thickness, and the overlapping distance. Furthermore, the data collapse onto a self-similar master curve with one dimensionless amplification parameter. In addition to solving a long-standing familiar enigma, this model system provides a framework with which one can accurately measure friction forces and coefficients at low loads, and that has relevance to complex assemblies from the macro- to the nanoscale.