Phase-field modeling droplet dynamics with soluble surfactants

Journal of Computational Physics

Volumn 229, Issue 24, 2010, Pages 9166-9187

  Liu, Haihu ^a   Zhang, Yonghao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Droplet breakup and coalescence; Frumkin adsorption; Lattice boltzmann model; Marangoni stress; Phase field model; Soluble surfactant

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DROP BREAKUP; EQUATIONS OF STATE; INTERFACE STATES; PHASE INTERFACES; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

BREAKUP AND COALESCENCES; DROPLET BREAKUP; DROPLET COALESCENCE; DROPLET DEFORMATION; FRUMKIN ADSORPTION; LATTICE-BOLTZMANN MODEL; MARANGONI STRESS; PHASE FIELD MODELS; SOLUBLE SURFACTANTS; SURFACTANT CONCENTRATIONS;

ADSORPTION;

EID: 77957749245     PISSN: 00219991     EISSN: 10902716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcp.2010.08.031     Document Type: Article

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