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Daughter bubble cascades produced by folding of ruptured thin films

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  • James C. Bird

    (School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA)

  • Riëlle de Ruiter

    (School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA)

  • Laurent Courbin

    (Institut de Physique de Rennes, UMR CNRS 6251, Campus Beaulieu, Université Rennes 1, 35042 Rennes, France)

  • Howard A. Stone

    (School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA
    Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA)

Abstract

Bubble cascade When a bubble on a liquid–gas or solid–gas interface ruptures, the general expectation — central to theories on foam evolution — is that it just vanishes. Not so, according to new work involving high-speed photography of a bubble-bursting cascade on a glass slide. In many cases, interfacial bubbles do not vanish when they rupture, but instead generate a ring of smaller, daughter bubbles. This occurs via unexpected folding of the ruptured bubble as it retracts, trapping air and leading to the creation of a ring of smaller bubbles. This finding is potentially relevant to a variety of fields, including health care, climate, biotechnology and glass manufacturing.

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  • James C. Bird & Riëlle de Ruiter & Laurent Courbin & Howard A. Stone, 2010. "Daughter bubble cascades produced by folding of ruptured thin films," Nature, Nature, vol. 465(7299), pages 759-762, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:465:y:2010:i:7299:d:10.1038_nature09069
    DOI: 10.1038/nature09069
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    1. Casey Bartlett & Alexandros T. Oratis & Matthieu Santin & James C. Bird, 2023. "Universal non-monotonic drainage in large bare viscous bubbles," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-7, December.

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