Coalescence of surfactant covered drops in extensional flows: Effects of the interfacial diffusivity

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Vannozzi, Carolina ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOCK COPOLYMERS; CAPILLARY FLOW; DROPS; EQUATIONS OF STATE; FILM THICKNESS; MEAN FIELD THEORY; MICROCHANNELS; POLYBUTADIENES; SURFACE DIFFUSION; THIN FILMS; VAN DER WAALS FORCES;

INSOLUBLE SURFACTANTS; INTERFACIAL DIFFUSIVITIES; INTERFACIAL MOBILITY; LOW CAPILLARY NUMBERS; OSCILLATING BEHAVIOR; SURFACE DIFFUSIVITY; SURFACTANT CONCENTRATIONS; VAN DER WAALS INTERACTIONS;

SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

EID: 84865775303     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4737659     Document Type: Article

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