Where surface physics and fluid dynamics meet: rupture of an amphiphile layer by fluid flow
Chaotic Dynamics
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
We investigate the fluctuating pattern created by a jet of fluid impingent upon an amphiphile-covered surface. This microscopically thin layer is initially covered with 50 m floating particles so that the layer can be visualized. A vertical jet of water located below the surface and directed upward drives a hole in this layer. The hole is particle-free and is surrounded by the particle-laden amphiphile region. The jet ruptures the amphiphile layer creating a particle-free region that is surrounded by the particle-covered surface. The aim of the experiment is to understand the (fluctuating) shape of the ramified interface between the particle-laden and particle-free regions.
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@article{arxiv.nlin/0607045,
title = {Where surface physics and fluid dynamics meet: rupture of an amphiphile layer by fluid flow},
author = {Mahesh Bandi and Walter Goldburg and John Cressman and Hamid Kellay},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:nlin/0607045},
year = {2007}
}
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published in Journal of Chemical Physics