Hydrodynamics of monolayer domains at the air–water interface

DOI10.1063/1.868893MaRDI QIDQ4425533zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors David K. Lubensky, Raymond E. Goldstein

Publication date 16 December 2003

Published in Physics of Fluids (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/patt-sol/9602002

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Liquid-gas two-phase flows, bubbly flows (76T10) Stokes and related (Oseen, etc.) flows (76D07)

Abstract: Molecules at the air-water interface often form inhomogeneous layers in which domains of different densities are separated by sharp interfaces. Complex interfacial pattern formation may occur through the competition of short- and long-range forces acting within the monolayer. The overdamped hydrodynamics of such interfacial motion is treated here in a general manner that accounts for dissipation both within the monolayer and in the subfluid. Previous results on the linear stability of interfaces are recovered and extended, and a formulation applicable to the nonlinear regime is developed. A simplified dynamical law valid when dissipation in the monolayer itself is negligible is also proposed. Throughout the analysis, special attention is paid to the dependence of the dynamical behavior on a characteristic length scale set by the ratio of the viscosities in the monolayer and in the subphase.

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