The soft-membrane surface forces apparatus
Compliant walls are widespread in biological and engineering systems. Because of their singular nature, adapted tools are required to accurately study their rheological properties and the consequences of the latter within a given mechanical setting. Because of their slender nature, membranes can be considered as prototypical examples of highly compliant boundaries. In this study, we describe a modified surface forces apparatus developed to measure the forces acting on a compliant membrane by measuring its deformation field. We discuss how such a device can be used to characterize the rheology of suspended membranes and accurately measure the electrostatic interactions between a polarized membrane and a spherical electrode, without the need of an external measurement spring.
Authors
- Lionel Buisson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1555-6880)
- Yacine Amarouchène (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0475-5510)
- Carlos Drummond (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4834-3259)
- Thomas Salez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6111-8721)
- Aditya Jha (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9520-7578)
- Ilyes Jalisse
- Frédéric Nallet (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0628-8765)
Institutions
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
- Université de Bordeaux (FR)
- Center for Research in Psychopathology and Clinical Psychology (FR)
- Centre de recherche Paul Pascal (FR)
- Laboratoire Ondes et Matière d'Aquitaine (FR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Review of Scientific Instruments
- Published
- 2025-04-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0253527
- Primary Topic
- Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- European Commission
- Agence Nationale de la Recherche
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
- Hokkaido University
- Université de Bordeaux
- HORIZON EUROPE European Research Council