Publications

Thin shells and other hollow elastic spherical objects

• "Lenticular hexagon-to-hexagram shape transformation: nano-origami in liquid droplets",
  C. Quilliet, A. Butenko, E. Sloutskin, Phys. Rev. Lett., 136, paper n°084002 (2026), Supplementary information (2026)

  Left : click on the video (A. Butenko and E. Sloutskin) to observe the deformation in the micro system / Right (C.Q.) : click to observe the deformation in the macro system (blue lines on the upper face are soft sealing zones, without consequences on the global shape)

• "Coated microbubbles swim via shell buckling",
  G. Chabouh, M. Mokbel, B. van Elburg, M. Versluis, T. Segers, S. Aland, C. Quilliet, G. Coupier Comm. Engineering, 2, # 63 (2023)
• "Buckling of lipidic ultrasound contrast agents under quasi-static load",
  G. Chabouh, B. van Elburg, M. Versluis, T. Segers, C. Quilliet, G. Coupier Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc. A, 381, pp. 20220025 (2023)
• "Postbuckling dynamics of spherical shells",
  M. Mokbel, A. Djellouli, C. Quilliet, S. Aland, G. Coupier Proc. R. Soc. A, 477, pp. 20210378 (2021)
• "Spherical oscillations of encapsulated microbubbles: Effect of shell compressibility and anisotropy",
  G. Chabouh, B. Dollet, C. Quilliet, G. Coupier J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 149, pp. 1240-1257 (2021)
• "Let's deflate that beach ball",
  G. Coupier, A. Djellouli, C. Quilliet Eur. Phys. J. E, 42, paper n° 129 (2019).
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• "Buckling instability causes inertial thrust for spherical swimmers at all scales",
  A. Djellouli, P. Marmottant, H. Djeridi, C. Quilliet, G. Coupier Phys. Rev. Lett., 119, 224501 (2017)
  Supplementary material: text, flow in water, flow in glycerol, swimmer in glycerol
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  Russian version here.
• "Effect of Gaussian curvature modulus on the shape of deformed hollow spherical objects",
  C. Quilliet, A. Farutin, P. Marmottant Eur. Phys. J. E, 39, paper No. 58 (2016).
• "Numerical deflation of beach balls with various Poisson's ratios: from sphere to bowl's shape",
  C. Quilliet, Eur. Phys. J. E, 35, paper No. 48 (2012), cover in bonus
• "Gel-phase vesicles buckle into specific shapes",
  F. Quéméneur, C. Quilliet, M. Faivre, A. Viallat, B. Pépin-Donat, Phys. Rev. Lett., 108, 108303 (2012)
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• "Buckling resistance of solid shell bubbles with ultrasound",
  P. Marmottant, A. Bouakaz, N. De Jong, C. Quilliet, Journal of Acoustical Society of America, 129, 1231-1239 (2011).
• "Elastic properties of hollow colloidal particles",
  C. I. Zoldesi, I. L. Ivanovska, C. Quilliet, G. J. L. Wuite, A. Imhof, Physical Review E, 78, 051401 (2008).
• "Anisotropic colloids through non-trivial buckling" + erratum 2010,
  C. Quilliet, C. I. Zoldesi, C. Riera, A. van Blaaderen, A. Imhof, Eur. Phys. J. E, 27, 13-20 (2008).
• "Depressions at the surface of an elastic spherical shell submitted to external pressure",
  C. Quilliet, Physical Review E, 74, 046608 (2006).
  
  

  Mechanics and biology

• "Reversible bending of U-shaped plant petioles under dehydration",
  A. Schliebach, M. N. Kamar, B. Bordet, C. Quilliet, B. Dollet, E. Badel, E. Siéfert, P. Marmottant, Quantitative Plant Biology, 6 : DOI10.1017/qpb.2025.10030 (2025)
• "Geometric and mechanical guidance: Role of stigmatic epidermis in early pollen tube pathfinding in arabidopsis",
  L. Riglet, C. Quilliet, C. Godin, K. John, I. Fobis-Loisy, PLoS Computational Biology, 21(5) : e1013077 (2025)
• "Embryo-scale epithelial buckling forms a propagating furrow that initiates gastrulation",
  J. Fierling, A. John, B. Delorme, A. Torzynski, G. B. Blanchard, C. M. Lye, A. Popkova, G. Mandalain, B. Sanson, J. Etienne, P. Marmottant, C. Quilliet, M. Rauzi, Nature Comm., 13, p. 33648 (2022)
  Supplementary Informations
• "Collective orientation of an immobile fish school and effect on rheotaxis",
  R. Larrieu, C. Quilliet, A. Dupont, P. Peyla, Physical Review E, 103, n° 022137 (2021)
• "Asymmetric adhesion of rod-shaped bacteria controls microcolony morphogenesis",
  M.-C. Duvernoy, Th. Mora, M. Ardré, V. Croquette, D. Bensimon, C. Quilliet, J.-M. Ghigo, M. Balland, Ch. Beloin, S. Lecuyer, N. Desprat, Nature Communications, 9, 1120 (2018).
• "Physics of rapid movements in plants",
  Y. Forterre, P. Marmottant, C. Quilliet, X. Noblin, Europhysics News, 47, 23 (2016).
• "How a curved elastic strip opens",
  Th. Barois, L. Tadrist, C. Quilliet, Y. Forterre, Phys. Rev. Letters, 113, 214301 (2014). On en parle dans Le Monde !
• "Physique des mouvements rapides chez les plantes",
  Y. Forterre, Ph. Marmottant, C. Quilliet, X. Noblin, Reflets de la Physique, 40, p.4 (2014)
• "Ultra-fast underwater suction traps",
  O. Vincent, C. Weisskopf, S. Poppinga, T. Masselter, T. Speck, M. Joyeux, C. Quilliet, P. Marmottant, Proc. Roy. Soc. B, 278, 2909-2914 (2011).
• "The ultra-fast valve of an aquatic carnivorous plant",
  P. Marmottant, O. Vincent, C. Quilliet, C. Weisskopf, S. Poppinga, T. Masselter, T. Speck, M. Joyeux, Proceedings of the second European Conference on Microfluidics - Microfluidics 2010 - Toulouse, December 8-10, 2010.
  
  

  Foams and bubbles

• "Acoustic tokamak with strongly coupled toroidal bubbles",
  A. Caumont, O. Stephan, E. Bossy, B. Dollet, C. Quilliet, P. Marmottant, Physical Review E, 108, 045105 (2023).
• "Acoustic Resonance Frequencies of Underwater Toroidal Bubbles",
  M. Alloul, B. Dollet, O. Stephan, E. Bossy, C. Quilliet, P. Marmottant, Physical Review Letters, 129, 134501 (2023).
• "Statistical mechanics of two-dimensional shuffled foams: Geometry-topology correlation in small or large disorder limits",
  M. Durand, A. M. Kraynik, F. van Swol, J. Käfer, C. Quilliet, S. J. Cox, S. Ataei Talebi, F. Graner, Physical Review E, 89, 062309 (2014).
• "Statistical mechanics of two-dimensional shuffled foams: Prediction of the correlation between geometry and topology",
  M. Durand, J. Käfer, C. Quilliet, S. J. Cox, S. Ataei Talebi, F. Graner, Physical Review Letters, 107, 168304 (2011).
• "Topological and geometrical disorder correlate robustly in two-dimensional foams",
  C. Quilliet, S. Ataei Talebi, D. Rabaud, J. Käfer, S. J. Cox, F. Graner, Philosophical Magazine Letters, 88, 651-660 (2008).
• "Bubbles in sheared two-dimensional foams",
  C. Quilliet, M. Idiart, B. Dollet, L. Berthier, A. Yekini, Colloids and Surfaces A, 263, 95 (2005).
• "Two-dimensional flow of foam around obstacles : force measurements",
  B. Dollet, F. Elias, C. Quilliet, M. Aubouy, F. Graner, Physical Review E, 71, 031403/1-11 (2005).
• "Two-dimensional flows of foam : drag exerted on circular obstacles and dissipation",
  B. Dollet, F. Elias, C. Quilliet, A. Huillier, M. Aubouy, F. Graner, Colloids and Surfaces A, 263, 101 (2005).
• "Shearing of bidimensional foams : Potts model simulations",
  G.L. Thomas, J.C.M. Mombach, M. Idiart, C. Quilliet, F. Graner, Colloids and Surfaces A, 263, 90 (2005).
• "Les mousses à l'oeil nu", (popular science)
  F. Graner, C. Quilliet, La Recherche, 370, 48-9 (2003).
  
  
  

  Electrowetting

• "Electrical field induced curvature increase of a drop of conducting liquid",
  M. Bienia, C. Quilliet, M. Vallade, F. Mugele, Europhysics Letters, 74, 103-109 (2006).
• "Droplet profiles and wetting transitions in electrical fields",
  M. Bienia, C. Quilliet, F. Mugele, P. Ballet, Physica A, 339, 72-9 (2004).
• "Modification of drop shape controlled by electrowetting",
  M. Bienia, C. Quilliet, M. Vallade, Langmuir, 19, 9328-33 (2003).
• "Investigation of effective interface potentials by electrowetting",
  C. Quilliet, B. Berge, Europhysics Letters, 60, 99-105 (2002).
• "Electrowetting : a recent outbreak",
  C. Quilliet, B. Berge, Current opinion in Colloid and Interface Science, 6, 34-9 (2001).
  
  
  

  Epitaxy on phases without long-range order

• "Orientational dependence of the surface free energy of the Lα-L3 interface",
  O.D. Lavrentovich, C. Quilliet, M. Kleman, Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 101, 420-8 (1997).
• "Evidence of a phenomenon of epitaxy at the interface between a lamellar Lα phase and a L3 sponge",
  C. Quilliet, C. Blanc, M. Kleman, Physical Review Letters, 77, 522-5 (1996).
• "Oblique anchoring of lyotropic layers on a sponge phase",
  C. Quilliet, M. Kleman, M. Benillouche, F. Kalb, Comptes Rendus de l’Académie des Sciences II, 319, 1469-1474 (1994).
  
  
  

  Lamellar phases and colloidal inclusions

• "Elasticity and hydrodynamic properties of "doped solvent" dilute lamellar phases",
  F. Nallet, D. Roux, C. Quilliet, P. Fabre, S.T. Milner, Journal de Physique II France, 4, 1477-99 (1994).
• "Magnetically doped hexagonal lyotropic phases",
  C. Quilliet, V. Ponsinet, V. Cabuil, Journal of Physical Chemistry, 98, 3566-3569 (1994).
• "Penetration length of ferrosmectics",
  C. Quilliet, P. Fabre, M. Veyssié, Journal de Physique II France, 3, 1371-1386 (1993).
• "Doping of lyotropic smectics with nonmagnetic particles : comparison with ferrosmectics",
  C. Quilliet, P. Fabre, V. Cabuil, Journal of Physical Chemistry, 97, 287-289 (1993).
• "Anisotropy of the diffusion coefficients of submicronic particles embedded in lamellar phases",
  P. Fabre, C. Quilliet, M. Veyssié, F. Nallet, D. Roux, V. Cabuil, R. Massart, Europhysics Letters, 20, 229-234 (1992).
  
  
  

  Rayleigh-Taylor instability

• "Two-dimensional patterns in Rayleigh-Taylor instability of a thin layer",
  (lower definition),
  M. Fermigier, L. Limat, J.-E. Weisfreid, P. Boudinet, C. Quilliet, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 236, 349 (1992).
• "Rayleigh-Taylor instability of a thin layer",
  M. Fermigier, L. Limat, J.-E. Weisfreid, P. Boudinet, C. Ghidaglia, C. Quilliet,
  in Growth and Form, éd. M. Ben Amar et al, Plenum Press, New York, 441-451 (1991).
• "Gravitational and magnetic instabilities of thin fluid layers",
  M. Fermigier, L. Limat, J.-E. Weisfreid, P. Boudinet, M. Petitjean, C. Quilliet, T. Valet
  Physics of Fluids A, 2, 1518 (1990).