Evolution of dense liquid marbles under light tapping
Abstract
Liquid marbles interface is composed by a dense network of grains trapped by capillarity at their surface. The mix of capillarity and granular character make their interfaces remarkable, allowing non wetting, high mobility and strong robustness which are a basis for numerous applications. A canonical experiment showing out of equilibrium nature of granular material is the so called tapping experiment, where a dry granular medium under vertical vibration reorganize an evolve toward a denser final state function of the vibration amplitude In this paper we explore the out of equilibrium nature of densely covered liquid marbles by measuring their shape, compaction and stresses evolution under vertical vibration. We show that liquid marble do indeed reorganize when submitted to taps, leading to higher internal pressure and lower effective surface tension.
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BibTeX
@misc{sprocq2026evolution,
title = {{Evolution of dense liquid marbles under light tapping}},
author = {Amaelle Sprocq and Théo Dhoudain and Alexis Duchesne and Guillaume Lagubeau},
howpublished = {HAL},
year = {2026},
month = oct,
doi = {10.48550/arxiv.2610.18074},
eprint = {2610.18074},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
url = {https://hal.science/hal-05796937v1},
note = {CC BY 4.0},
}
RIS
TY - UNPB
TI - Evolution of dense liquid marbles under light tapping
AU - Amaelle Sprocq
AU - Théo Dhoudain
AU - Alexis Duchesne
AU - Guillaume Lagubeau
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/10/13
PB - HAL
DO - 10.48550/arxiv.2610.18074
UR - https://hal.science/hal-05796937v1
AB - Liquid marbles interface is composed by a dense network of grains trapped by capillarity at their surface. The mix of capillarity and granular character make their interfaces remarkable, allowing non wetting, high mobility and strong robustness which are a basis for numerous applications. A canonical experiment showing out of equilibrium nature of granular material is the so called tapping experiment, where a dry granular medium under vertical vibration reorganize an evolve toward a denser final state function of the vibration amplitude In this paper we explore the out of equilibrium nature of densely covered liquid marbles by measuring their shape, compaction and stresses evolution under vertical vibration. We show that liquid marble do indeed reorganize when submitted to taps, leading to higher internal pressure and lower effective surface tension.
ER -