title: Study for optical manipulation of a surfactant-covered droplet using lattice Boltzmann method.
abstract: In this study, we simulated deformation and surfactant distribution on the interface of a surfactant-covered droplet using optical tweezers as an external source. Two optical forces attracted a single droplet from the center to both sides. This resulted in an elliptical shape deformation. The droplet deformation was characterized as the change of the magnitudes of surface tension and optical force. In this process, a non-linear relationship among deformation, surface tension, and optical forces was observed. The change in the local surfactant concentration resulting from the application of optical forces was also analyzed and compared with the concentration of surfactants subjected to an extensional flow. Under the optical force influence, the surfactant molecules were concentrated at the droplet equator, which is totally opposite to the surfactants behavior under extensional flow, where the molecules were concentrated at the poles. Lastly, the quasi-equilibrium surfactant distribution was obtained by combining the effects of the optical forces with the extensional flow. All simulations were executed by the lattice Boltzmann method which is a powerful tool for solving micro-scale problems.
authors.affiliation: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Yonsei University, 50 Yonsei-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul 120-749, South Korea.
authors.forename: Se Bin
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.affiliation: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Block III #174, Main Building, New Delhi 110016, India.
authors.forename: Sasidhar
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kondaraju
authors.affiliation: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Yonsei University, 50 Yonsei-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul 120-749, South Korea.
authors.forename: Joon
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sang Lee
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