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KUK-C1-013-04Date
2013-03-18Online Publication Date
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2013-03Permanent link to this record
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The protein hydrophobin HFBII self-assembles into very elastic films at the surface of water; these films wrinkle readily upon compression. We demonstrate and study this wrinkling instability in the context of non-planar interfaces by forming HFBII layers at the surface of bubbles whose interfaces are then compressed by deflation of the bubble. By varying the initial concentration of the hydrophobin solutions, we are able to show that buckling occurs at a critical packing fraction of protein molecules on the surface. Independent experiments show that at this packing fraction the interface has a finite positive surface tension, and not zero surface tension as is usually assumed at buckling. We attribute this non-zero wrinkling tension to the finite elasticity of these interfaces. We develop a simple geometrical model for the evolution of the wrinkle length with further deflation and show that wrinkles grow rapidly near the needle (used for deflation) towards the mid-plane of the bubble. This geometrical model yields predictions for the length of wrinkles in good agreement with experiments independently of the rheological properties of the adsorbed layer. © 2013 EDP Sciences, SIF, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.Citation
Aumaitre E, Knoche S, Cicuta P, Vella D (2013) Wrinkling in the deflation of elastic bubbles. Eur Phys J E 36. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1140/epje/i2013-13022-3.Sponsors
EPSRC and Unilever plc. have funded this project through a CASE award. This publication is based on work supported in part by Grant No. KUK-C1-013-04, made by King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) and in part by an Oppenheimer Early Career Research Fellowship (D.V.).Publisher
Springer NatureJournal
The European Physical Journal EPubMed ID
23504485ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1140/epje/i2013-13022-3
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