Dynamic Deformations and Forces in Soft Matter

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2009-06-24

arxiv.org/abs/0906.4394v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Soft Condensed Matter

11 pages, 4 figures, submitted to Soft Matter

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The ability of soft matter such as drops and bubbles to change shape dynamically during interaction can give rise to counter-intuitive behaviour that may be expected of rigid materials. Here we show that dimple formation on approach and the possibility of coalescence on separation of proximal drops in relative motion are examples of this general dynamic behaviour of soft matter that arise from the coupling between hydrodynamic forces and geometric deformations. The key parameter is a film capillary number Caf = (muVo/sigma)(R/Ho)2 that depends on viscosity mu, interfacial tension sigma, the Laplace radius R, characteristic film thickness Ho and velocity Vo.

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