Hydrodynamics of monolayer domains at the air–water interface

DOI10.1063/1.868893zbMATH Open1027.76676arXivpatt-sol/9602002OpenAlexW2057919589WikidataQ115182465 ScholiaQ115182465MaRDI QIDQ4425533FDOQ4425533

Authors: David K. Lubensky, Raymond E. Goldstein 

Publication date: 16 December 2003

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

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.

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)

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