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Article Dans Une Revue (Article De Synthèse) Physical Review E Année : 2022

Perturbing the catenoid: stability and mechanical properties of non-axisymmetric minimal surfaces

Friedrich Walzel
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Jean Farago
Fabrice Thalmann
Wiebke Drenckhan
Pierre Muller
Thierry Charitat

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Minimal surface problems arise naturally in many soft matter systems whose free energies are dominated by surface or interface energies. Of particular interest are the shapes, stability and mechanical stresses of minimal surfaces spanning specific geometric boundaries. The "catenoid" is the best-known example where an analytical solution is known which describes the form and stability of a minimal surface held between two parallel, concentric circular frames. Here we extend this problem to non-axisymmetric, parallel frame shapes of different orientations, by developing a perturbation approach around the known catenoid solution. We show that the predictions of the perturbation theory are in good agreement with experiments on soap films and finite element simulations (Surface Evolver). Combining theory, experiment and simulation, we analyse in depth how the shapes, stability and mechanical properties of the minimal surfaces depend on the type and orientation of elliptical and three-leaf clover shaped frames. In the limit of perfectly aligned non-axisymmetric frames, our predictions show excellent agreement with a recent theory established by Alimov et al (M. M. Alimov, A. V. Bazilevsky and K. G. Kornev, Physics of Fluids, 2021, 33, 052104). Moreover, we put in evidence the intriguing capacity of minimal surfaces between non-axisymmetric frames to transmit a mechanical torque despite being completely liquid. These forces could be interesting to exploit for mechanical self-assembly of soft matter systems or as highly sensitive force captors.
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hal-03710843 , version 1 (05-01-2024)

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Friedrich Walzel, Alice Requier, Kevin Boschi, Jean Farago, Philippe Fuchs, et al.. Perturbing the catenoid: stability and mechanical properties of non-axisymmetric minimal surfaces. Physical Review E , 2022, 106 (1), pp.014803. ⟨10.1103/PhysRevE.106.014803⟩. ⟨hal-03710843⟩
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