Professor
Paris-Saclay University

Biography

I am an experimental physicist working on interfacial flows and dynamics. In particular, I am interested in the stability of soapy objects like foam films, bubbles or foams. This includes flow at interfaces, dynamic interfaces and their mechanical properties, or macroscopic behavior of soapy objects.

Interests

  • Foams, bubbles and soap films stability
  • Surface rheology
  • Thin film thinning, drainage and evaporation

Education

  • PhD in Hydrodynamics, 2005, Paris 6 University
  • Accreditation to direct research (HDR), 2013, Paris Sud University

Professor in Paris Saclay University

Head of the track “Soft Matter and Biophysics” in the ICFP Master 2

Lecture in Complex Fluid and Interfaces in the Master 1 in fundamental physics

Lecture in Interfacial flows in the Master 2 DFE

Teaching about the scientific approach in the first year of physics licence

Surface bubbles

Rupture of foam films

Photography ©Serge Guichard

Soapy objects stability and surface rheology

Link between the mechanical properties of interfaces and the macroscopic properties of foam films, bubbles or foams.

Dynamic contact lines

Contact lines in presence of surface flows

Documents

PhD thesis

Accreditation to supervise research

Pasquet, M, Restagno, F, Cantat, I, and Rio, E 2023 Thickness profiles of giant soap films. Physical Review Fluids, 8(3): 034001. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevFluids.8.034001
Guidolin, C, Mac Intyre, J, Rio, E, Puisto, A, and Salonen, A 2023 Viscoelastic coarsening of quasi-2D foam. Nature Communications, 14(1): 1125. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-36763-y
Rio, E 2023 Stability of surface bubbles Impact of physical chemistry and application to fizzy beverages.
Rio, E 2023 Déformation de gouttes dans un écoulement extensionnel en présence de tensioactifs.
Rio, E 2023 Drainage de bulles sans ménisque.
Michon, B, López-Sánchez, U, Degrouard, J, Nury, H, Leforestier, A, Rio, E, Salonen, A, and Zoonens, M 2023 Role of surfactants in electron cryo-microscopy film preparation. Biophysical Journal, 122(10): 1846–1857. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpj.2023.04.016
Commereuc, A, Marchand, M, Rio, E, and Boulogne, F 2023 Dynamics of bubbles spontaneously entering into a tube. Soft Matter, 19(30): 5758–5762. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D3SM00677H
Pasquet, M, Galvani, N, Requier, A, Cohen-Addad, S, Höhler, R, Pitois, O, Rio, E, Salonen, A, and Langevin, D 2023 Coarsening transitions of wet liquid foams under microgravity conditions. Soft Matter, 19(33): 6267–6279. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D3SM00535F
Boulogne, F, Restagno, F, and Rio, E 2022 Measurement of the Temperature Decrease in Evaporating Soap Films. Physical Review Letters, 129(26): 268001. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.129.268001
Rio, E 2022 Probing surfactant dynamics through interfacial surface tension using millifluidic elongational flow.
Pasquet, M, Wallon, L, Fusier, P-Y, Restagno, F, and Rio, E 2022 An optimized recipe for making giant bubbles. The European Physical Journal E, 45(12): 101. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1140/epje/s10189-022-00255-6
Rio, E 2022 Impact of evaporation on foam films and bubbles stability.
Rio, E 2022 Influence of the evaporation on the stability of soapy objects.
Rio, E 2022 Influence of the evaporation on the stability of soapy objects.
Pasquet, M, Boulogne, F, Sant-Anna, J, Restagno, F, and Rio, E 2022 The impact of physical-chemistry on film thinning in surface bubbles. Soft Matter, 18(24): 4536–4542. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D2SM00157H
Born, P, Braibanti, M, Cristofolini, L, Cohen-Addad, S, Durian, D J, Egelhaaf, S U, Escobedo-Sánchez, M A, Höhler, R, Karapantsios, T D, Langevin, D, Liggieri, L, Pasquet, M, Rio, E, Salonen, A, Schröter, M, Sperl, M, Sütterlin, R, and Zuccolotto-Bernez, A B 2021 Soft matter dynamics: A versatile microgravity platform to study dynamics in soft matter. Review of Scientific Instruments, 92(12): 124503. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0062946
Miguet, J, Pasquet, M, Rouyer, F, Fang, Y, and Rio, E 2021 Marginal regeneration-induced drainage of surface bubbles. Physical Review Fluids, 6(10): L101601. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevFluids.6.L101601
Rio, E 2021 Probing surfactant dynamics through interfacial surface tension using oscillating rising bubble.
Miguet, J, Rouyer, F, and Rio, E 2021 The Life of a Surface Bubble. Molecules, 26(5): 1317. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules26051317
Mariot, S, Pasquet, M, Klein, V, Restagno, F, and Rio, E 2021 A new setup for giant soap films characterization. The European Physical Journal E, 44(4): 52. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1140/epje/s10189-021-00054-5
Rio, E 2021 Stability of soapy objects.
Hamlett, C A E, Boniface, D N, Salonen, A, Rio, E, Perkins, C, Clark, A, Nyugen, S, and Fairhurst, D J 2021 Blowing big bubbles. Soft Matter, 17(9): 2404–2409. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D0SM01893G

Contact

Professor Paris Saclay University

Paris Saclay University

2020- Professor

2006-2020 Assistant Professor

2013 Accreditation to direct research (HDR),

DTU – Copenhagen

2005-2006 Post-doctoral fellow in the physics department of the Danish Technological University under the supervision of Tomas Bohr.

ESPCI – Paris

2002- 2005 PhD in the laboratory PMMH, ESPCI, Paris. Supervisor: Laurent Limat. Drops, puddles and dry arches: contact lines in presence of a flow.

Photographe Serge Guichard

Conferences in highschools

Gouttes et bulles, des objets du quotidien pleins de surprise

Des mousses innovantes

Les bulles, entre sciences et art, avec F. Restagno et P-Y Fusier (slash bubbles)

Science days
Feeding of Wikipédia

Adhesion, Foams

Expert for TV shows and journals

Incroyables expériences

Sciences et Vie Junior

On n’est pas que des Cobayes : la mousse volante, Lâcher un œuf de 30 m sans le casser

C’est toujours pas sorcier : quand le savon se fait mousser

Workshop “Faire des bulles, tout un art, toute une science”

Edition 2017

Edition 2019

Articles in popularization journals

François Boulogne, Frédéric Restagno, Marina Pasquet, Emmanuelle Rio, Comment créer des bulles de savon parfaites ?, The Conversation, 2023.

Marina Pasquet, Anniina Salonen, Emmanuelle Rio, Comment faire des bulles de savon géantes ?, The Conversation, 2021.

Pierre-Yves Fusier, François Graner, Frédéric Restagno, Emmanuelle Rio, Umar Shoaib, Olivier Vallet,

Reflets de la physique, 66, 2020

Maria Barbi, Guillaume Blanc, Florence Elias, Sylvain Fautrat, Cécile de Hosson, Emmanuelle Rio, Florence Rouyer, Reflets de la physique, 46, 2015

Rio, E, Gryson, A, and Drenckhan, W, Une mousse bien particulière. Plein Sud, 72: 90–95, 2009.