Publications by Nicolas Dorsaz

Detailed experiments on weakly deformed cavitation bubbles

Mohamed Farhat, Nicolas Dorsaz, Danail Obreschkow, Philipp Kobel, Outi Supponen

We present high-precision experiments conducted with the aim to better characterise weak deformations of single cavitation bubbles. Using two needle hydrophones and a high-speed photodetector, we record the timings of shock waves and luminescence emitted a ...

SPRINGER2019

Shock waves from nonspherical cavitation bubbles

Mohamed Farhat, Outi Supponen, Nicolas Dorsaz, Danail Obreschkow, Philipp Kobel, Marc Tinguely

We present detailed observations of the shock waves emitted at the collapse of single cavitation bubbles using simultaneous time-resolved shadowgraphy and hydrophone pressure measurements. The geometry of the bubbles is systematically varied from spherical ...

Amer Physical Soc2017

Scaling laws for jets of single cavitation bubbles

Mohamed Farhat, Nicolas Dorsaz, Danail Obreschkow, Philipp Kobel, Outi Supponen, Marc Tinguely

Fast liquid jets, called micro-jets, are produced within cavitation bubbles experiencing an aspherical collapse. Here we review micro-jets of different origins, scales and appearances, and propose a unified framework to describe their dynamics by using an ...

Cambridge University Press2016

Hard sphere-like glass transition in eye lens alpha-crystallin solutions

Nicolas Dorsaz, Giuseppe Foffi

We study the equilibrium liquid structure and dynamics of dilute and concentrated bovine eye lens alpha-crystallin solutions, using small-angle X-ray scattering, static and dynamic light scattering, viscometry, molecular dynamics simulations, and mode-coup ...

National Academy of Sciences2014

The quest for the most spherical bubble: experimental setup and data overview

Mohamed Farhat, Nicolas Dorsaz, Danail Obreschkow, Philipp Kobel, Marc Tinguely, Aurèle De Bosset

We describe a recently realized experiment producing the most spherical cavitation bubbles today. The bubbles grow inside a liquid from a point plasma generated by a nanosecond laser pulse. Unlike in previous studies, the laser is focussed by a parabolic m ...

Springer Verlag2013

Energy partition at the collapse of spherical cavitation bubbles

Mohamed Farhat, Nicolas Dorsaz, Danail Obreschkow, Philipp Kobel, Marc Tinguely, Aurèle De Bosset

Spherically collapsing cavitation bubbles produce a shock wave followed by a rebound bubble. Here we present a systematic investigation of the energy partition between the rebound and the shock. Highly spherical cavitation bubbles are produced in micrograv ...

American Physical Society2012

Arrested demixing opens route to bigels

Nicolas Dorsaz, Francesco Varrato, Giuseppe Foffi, Maxim Belushkin

Understanding and, ultimately, controlling the properties of amorphous materials is one of the key goals of material science. Among the different amorphous structures, a very important role is played by colloidal gels. It has been only recently understood ...

National Academy of Sciences2012

Phase separation in binary eye lens protein mixtures

Nicolas Dorsaz, Giuseppe Foffi

Liquid–liquid phase separation occurs in young mammalian eye lenses and in concentrated solutions of isolated eye lens proteins, and has been linked to some forms of cataract. Here we study theoretically the protein compositions and cloud temperatures of t ...

2011

Confined shocks inside isolated liquid volumes: A new path of erosion?

Mohamed Farhat, Nicolas Dorsaz, Danail Obreschkow, Philipp Kobel, Marc Tinguely, Aurèle De Bosset

The unique confinement of shock waves inside isolated liquid volumes amplifies the density of shock–liquid interactions. We investigate this universal principle through an interdisciplinary study of shock-induced cavitation inside liquid volumes, isolated ...

American Institute of Physics2011

Bubbles in drops: from cavitation to exploding stars

Mohamed Farhat, Nicolas Dorsaz, Danail Obreschkow, Philipp Kobel, Marc Tinguely, Aurèle De Bosset

APS2011