Dr Marie Le Merrer

Master internship on microfiber extraction from waste water

Master internship on foam structure in fresh plasterboards formulations

Position

I am a CNRS Research scientist at Institut Lumière Matière (Light and Matter Institute) at University of Lyon 1. I work in the Liquids and interfaces group.

Research interests

I am a soft matter physicist. My work aims at characterizing and understanding the mechanical behavior of complex fluids like foams or polymer gels and its link with the dynamics at play at microscopic scales. For foams, this implies to understand the coupling between surfactants and hydrodynamics which arise in soap films or bubble rearrangements. Another field of interest is the influence of surfaces ---either fluid or solid--- on complex fluid dynamics and rheology.

Contact

Institut Lumière Matière
Campus de la Doua
Brillouin building, room 11-006a
6 rue Ada Byron
Villeurbanne, France
marie.le-merrer [at] univ-lyon1.fr
Phone +33 4 72 44 85 70

Publications

Surfactant-induced dissipation in sheared foams: Mechanics and thermodynamics
Physical Review Fluids 9, 094008 (2024)
Y. Mezache, F. Detcheverry, B. Di Pierro, P. D. M. Spelt, A.-L. Biance, M. Le Merrer
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Monitoring Gypsum Plaster Setting in a Foam through Raman Spectroscopy
Physical Review Applied 18, 034078 (2022)
J. Trosseille, G. Panczer, C. Martinet, M. Le Merrer
Link| PDF | HAL
Interfacial Characterization of Ruthenium-Based Amphiphilic Photosensitizers
Langmuir 38, 9697-9707 (2022)
Y. Timounay, A. Pannwitz, D. M. Klein, A.-L. Biance, M. E. Hoefnagel, I. Sen, A. Cagna, M. Le Merrer, S. Bonnet
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Generation and stability of cement soap films
Soft Matter 17, 2429-2438 (2021)
D. Ahmed Abdourahman, A. Geniere, M. Auriol, F. Dalas, A.-L. Biance, M. Le Merrer
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Interparticle attraction controls flow heterogeneity in calcite gels
Soft Matter 16, 9217-9229 (2020)
T. Liberto, M. Le Merrer, S. Manneville , C. Barentin
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Simple ions control the elasticity of calcite gels via interparticle forces
Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 553, 280-288 (2019)
T. Liberto, C. Barentin, J. Colombani, A. Costa, D. Gardini, M. Bellotto, M. Le Merrer
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Wall slip regimes in jammed suspensions of soft microgels
Phys. Rev. Fluids 4, 033301 (2019)
J. Péméja, B. Géraud, C. Barentin, M. Le Merrer
Link | PDF | HAL
Level-set simulations of a 2D topological rearrangement in a bubble assembly: effects of surfactant properties
Journal of Fluid Mechanics 838, 222-247 (2018)
A. Titta, M. Le Merrer, F. Detcheverry, F., P.D.M. Spelt, A.-L. Biance
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Comment on "Repulsion between calcite crystals and grain detachment during water-rock interaction" by Levenson and Emmanuel, 2017
Geochemical Perspectives Letters 6, 1-2 (2017)
M. Le Merrer, J. Colombani
Link | HAL
Elasticity and yielding of a calcite paste: scaling laws in a dense colloidal suspension
Soft Matter 13, 2014-2023 (2017)
T. Liberto, M. Le Merrer, C. Barentin, M. Bellotto, J. Colombani
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Bubbles slipping along a crenelated wall
EPL 115, 64005 (2016)
D. Germain, M. Le Merrer
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Yield stress and elasticity influence on surface tension measurements
Soft Matter 11, 5111 (2015)
L. Jørgensen, M. Le Merrer, H. Delanoë-Ayari, C. Barentin
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Holes and cracks in rigid foam films
Journal of Fluid Mechanics 774 (2015)
P. C. Petit, M. Le Merrer, A.-L. Biance
Link | Preprint
Selected for a Focus on fluids by J. Bico.
Linear and non-linear wall friction of wet foams
Soft Matter 11, 368-381 (2015)
M. Le Merrer, R. Lespiat, R. Höhler, S. Cohen-Addad
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Laser-speckle-visibility acoustic spectroscopy in soft turbid media
Phys. Rev. E 89, 012308 (2014)
F. Wintzenrieth, S. Cohen-Addad, M. Le Merrer, R. Höhler
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Duration of bubble rearrangements in a coarsening foam probed by time-resolved diffusing-wave spectroscopy: Impact of interfacial rigidity
Phys. Rev. E 88, 022303 (2013)
M. Le Merrer, S. Cohen-Addad, R. Höhler
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Slicing Softly with Shear
Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 244301 (2012)
E. Reyssat, T. Tallinen, M. Le Merrer, L. Mahadevan
Link | PDF
Viewpoint in Physics by M.K. Chaudhury.
Press report in Pour la science.
Buckling of Viscous Filaments of a Fluid under Compression Stresses
Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 064502 (2012)
M. Le Merrer, D. Quéré, C. Clanet
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Bubble Rearrangement Duration in Foams near the Jamming Point
Physical Review Letters 108, 188301 (2012)
M. Le Merrer, S. Cohen-Addad, R. Höhler
Link | PDF
Selected as Scientific news of the CNRS Institute of Physics
Wave drag on floating bodies
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 108, 15064-15068 (2011)
M. Le Merrer, C. Clanet, D. Quéré, É. Raphaël, F. Chevy
Link | PDF
Report on Phys.org
Viscous mechanism for Leidenfrost propulsion on a ratchet
EPL 96, 58001 (2011)
G. Dupeux, M. Le Merrer, G. Lagubeau, C. Clanet, S. Hardt, D. Quéré
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Editor's choice in EPL
Press report in Le Monde
Trapping Leidenfrost Drops with Crenelations
Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 114503 (2011)
G. Dupeux, M. Le Merrer, C. Clanet, D. Quéré
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Synopsis in Physics
Leidenfrost on a ratchet
Nature Phys. 7, 395-398 (2011)
G. Lagubeau*, M. Le Merrer*, C. Clanet, D. Quéré (*Equal contributions)
Link
Delayed Freezing on Water Repellent Materials
Langmuir 25, 7214-7216 (2009)
P. Tourkine, M. Le Merrer, D. Quéré
Link
Shapes of hanging viscous filaments
EPL 84, 56004 (2008)
M. Le Merrer, J. Seiwert, D. Quéré, C. Clanet
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PhD

Dissipation at interfaces: Leidenfrost effect, wakes, viscous threads
PMMH, ESPCI & LadHyX, Ecole Polytechnique. adv. D. Quéré et C. Clanet
Link

CV

You can find here a detailed CV in French.

Video

You can find more about my work (in French) in this video portrait shot as I got the CNRS Bronze medal in 2020.

Links

Liquids and interfaces group
Institut Lumière Matière (Light and Matter Institute)
CNRS
University of Lyon 1
Book of abstracts of the Bubble & Drop conference 2017 (I was in the organising committee)
This page have been made after a model by Nicolas Bruot: many thanks to him!