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Mobile-surface bubbles and droplets coalesce faster but bounce stronger.


ABSTRACT: Enhancing the hydrodynamic interfacial mobility of bubbles and droplets in multiphase systems is expected to reduce the characteristic coalescence times and thereby affect the stability of gas or liquid emulsions that are of wide industrial and biological importance. However, by comparing the controlled collision of bubbles or water droplets with mobile or immobile liquid interfaces, in a pure fluorocarbon liquid, we demonstrate that collisions involving mobile surfaces result in a significantly stronger series of rebounds before the rapid coalescence event. The stronger rebound is explained by the lower viscous dissipation during collisions involving mobile surfaces. We present direct numerical simulations to confirm that the observed rebound is enhanced with increased surface mobility. These observations require a reassessment of the role of surface mobility for controlling the dynamic stability of gas or liquid emulsion systems relevant to a wide range of processes, from microfluidics and pharmaceuticals to food and crude oil processing.

SUBMITTER: Vakarelski IU 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6814372 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Mobile-surface bubbles and droplets coalesce faster but bounce stronger.

Vakarelski Ivan U IU   Yang Fan F   Tian Yuan Si YS   Li Er Qiang EQ   Chan Derek Y C DYC   Thoroddsen Sigurdur T ST  

Science advances 20191025 10


Enhancing the hydrodynamic interfacial mobility of bubbles and droplets in multiphase systems is expected to reduce the characteristic coalescence times and thereby affect the stability of gas or liquid emulsions that are of wide industrial and biological importance. However, by comparing the controlled collision of bubbles or water droplets with mobile or immobile liquid interfaces, in a pure fluorocarbon liquid, we demonstrate that collisions involving mobile surfaces result in a significantly  ...[more]

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