Static friction of liquid marbles

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Main Authors: Takai, Yui, Mukoyama, Kei, Roy, Pritam Kumar, Lagubeau, Guillaume, Quéré, David, Poincloux, Samuel, Mouterde, Timothée
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Published: 2025
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author Takai, Yui
Mukoyama, Kei
Roy, Pritam Kumar
Lagubeau, Guillaume
Quéré, David
Poincloux, Samuel
Mouterde, Timothée
author_facet Takai, Yui
Mukoyama, Kei
Roy, Pritam Kumar
Lagubeau, Guillaume
Quéré, David
Poincloux, Samuel
Mouterde, Timothée
contents Liquid marbles, droplets coated with a granular layer, are highly mobile as particles prevent capillary adhesion with the substrate. Yet, they exhibit static friction due to their granular shell, which resists rolling until it yields. This friction depends on the shell geometry and increases exponentially with grain density, indicating a logistic dependence of interparticle compressive forces on surface coverage, confirmed by yielding measurements in granular rafts. These results reveal the shell's dual role, and establish liquid marbles as a model system for probing granular raft mechanics.
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spellingShingle Static friction of liquid marbles
Takai, Yui
Mukoyama, Kei
Roy, Pritam Kumar
Lagubeau, Guillaume
Quéré, David
Poincloux, Samuel
Mouterde, Timothée
Soft Condensed Matter
Fluid Dynamics
Liquid marbles, droplets coated with a granular layer, are highly mobile as particles prevent capillary adhesion with the substrate. Yet, they exhibit static friction due to their granular shell, which resists rolling until it yields. This friction depends on the shell geometry and increases exponentially with grain density, indicating a logistic dependence of interparticle compressive forces on surface coverage, confirmed by yielding measurements in granular rafts. These results reveal the shell's dual role, and establish liquid marbles as a model system for probing granular raft mechanics.
title Static friction of liquid marbles
topic Soft Condensed Matter
Fluid Dynamics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.20116