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Double Emulsions: A Tool for Probing Thin-Film Metastability

Year: 2001

Type: article

Abstract: We study the kinetics of the release of monodisperse water-in-oil-in-water double emulsions in the regime dominated by coalescence of the internal aqueous droplets onto the globule interface. By measuring the rate of release of adsorbed droplets, we directly determine the average lifetime of the thin film that forms between the small internal droplets and the globule surface. Therefore, the activation energy and the natural frequency of the hole nucleation process within the adhesive thin liquid films are unambiguously deduced.

Source: Physical Review Letters

DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.87.178304

Authors: K. Pays, J. Giermanska-Kahn, B. Pouligny, J. Bibette, F. Leal-Calderon

Institutions: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Centre de recherche Paul Pascal

Language: English

Topic: Fluid Dynamics and Thin Films

Subfield: Computational Mechanics

Field: Engineering

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2065126325

FWCI: 3.998

Cites: 12

Cited by: 46

Related to: 10