When an insoluble surfactant is deposited on the surface of a thin fluid film, stresses induced
by surface tension gradients drive Marangoni spreading across the subphase surface. The …

Collapse of homogeneous lipid monolayers is known to proceed via wrinkling/buckling,
followed by folding into bilayers in water. For heterogeneous monolayers with phase …

A thin film confined to a liquid interface responds to uniaxial compression by wrinkling, and
then by folding, that has been solved exactly before self-contact. Here, we address the …

Langmuir monolayers at gas/liquid interfaces provide a rich framework to investigate the
interplay between multiscale geometry and mechanics. Monolayer collapse is investigated …

Microbubbles played an important role in RE Pattle's discovery of lung surfactant and EM
Scarpelli's finding of the foam structure that forms the alveolar surface network. Today …

Las interfases entre fluidos inmiscibles son ubicuas en la naturaleza (función pulmonar,
película lacrimal, división celular, absorción de nutrientes...), y también están presentes en …

Lipid monolayers at the air/water interface are often subject to large mechanical stresses
when compressed laterally. For large enough compression they fold in the out-of-plane …