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Phase synchronization of fluid-fluid interfaces as hydrodynamically coupled oscillators.


ABSTRACT: Hydrodynamic interactions play a role in synchronized motions of coupled oscillators in fluids, and understanding the mechanism will facilitate development of applications in fluid mechanics. For example, synchronization phenomenon in two-phase flow will benefit the design of future microfluidic devices, allowing spatiotemporal control of microdroplet generation without additional integration of control elements. In this work, utilizing a characteristic oscillation of adjacent interfaces between two immiscible fluids in a microfluidic platform, we discover that the system can act as a coupled oscillator, notably showing spontaneous in-phase synchronization of droplet breakup. With this observation of in-phase synchronization, the coupled droplet generator exhibits a complete set of modes of coupled oscillators, including out-of-phase synchronization and nonsynchronous modes. We present a theoretical model to elucidate how a negative feedback mechanism, tied to the distance between the interfaces, induces the in-phase synchronization. We also identify the criterion for the transition from in-phase to out-of-phase oscillations.

SUBMITTER: Um E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7562928 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Phase synchronization of fluid-fluid interfaces as hydrodynamically coupled oscillators.

Um Eujin E   Kim Minjun M   Kim Hyoungsoo H   Kang Joo H JH   Stone Howard A HA   Jeong Joonwoo J  

Nature communications 20201015 1


Hydrodynamic interactions play a role in synchronized motions of coupled oscillators in fluids, and understanding the mechanism will facilitate development of applications in fluid mechanics. For example, synchronization phenomenon in two-phase flow will benefit the design of future microfluidic devices, allowing spatiotemporal control of microdroplet generation without additional integration of control elements. In this work, utilizing a characteristic oscillation of adjacent interfaces between  ...[more]

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