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On May 21, 2025

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In a recent work, researchers show that particles entrained in a flow close to a deformable wall undergo a force that moves them slightly away from it, an important result for the general understanding of transport phenomena in biology.

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Date

On May 21, 2025

Contact

Abdelhamid MAALI (LOMA, Bordeaux)
abdelhamid.maaliatu-bordeaux.fr (abdelhamid[dot]maali[at]u-bordeaux[dot]fr)

Chaouqi MISBAH (LIPhy, Grenoble)
chaouqi.misbahatuniv-grenoble-alpes.fr (chaouqi[dot]misbah[at]univ-grenoble-alpes[dot]fr) 

Reference

H. Zhang, Z. Zhang, A. Jha, Y. Amarouchene, T. Salez, T. Guérin, C. Misbah and A. Maali. Direct Measurement of the Viscocapillary Lift Force near a Liquid Interface. Physical Review Letters 134(9), 094001 (2025)

Submitted on March 27, 2025

Updated on May 21, 2025