The analogy between soap films thinning under border capillary suction and
lamellar stacks of surfactant bilayers dehydrated by osmotic stress is
explored, in particular in the highly dehydrated limit where the soap film
becomes a Newton black film. The nature of short-range repulsive interactions
between surfactant-covered interfaces and acting across water channels in both
cases will be discussed.Comment: 29 pages, 11 figures. Accepted for publication (2017/06/21), Advances
in Colloid and Interface Scienc
