The interfacial energy of two-dimensional bidisperse cellular fluids.
Abstract. The mixing energy of two biphasic fluid systems (dispersions of two liquids or a liquid and a gas, A and B in a liquid C), confined between two parallel plates, is calculated. Our attention is limited to concentrated and monodisperse systems, i.e. emulsions and foam/emulsions consisting of equal-size (if of the same composition) cells separated by a thin liquid film. It is demonstrated that the multiphase mixtures ordered into regular patterns can be stable in a wide range of interfacial tensions acting along A-C and B-C interfaces and also in a wide range of volume fractions of fluid A. Anisotropic properties of such well-ordered structures are also demonstrated.
Nowicki
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Faculty of Chemistry, A. Mickiewicz University, Grunwaldzka 6, 60-780, Poznan, Poland. gwnow@amu.edu.pl
Nowicka
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D016880:Anisotropy; D001703:Biophysics / Q000379:methods*; D004655:Emulsions / Q000737:chemistry*; D015233:Models, Statistical; D013499:Surface Properties
D004655:Emulsions