title: Utilizing the Plateau-Rayleigh Instability with Heat-Driven Nano-Biosensing Systems.
abstract: Plateau-Rayleigh instability describes the infinite falling stream of fluid breaks into smaller droplets. With the development of nanotechnology, more and more attention is being drawn to Plateau-Rayleigh instability. This surface tension-driven instability performs well in the preparation of the nanoparticles, especially in photonics applications, such as optical micro-resonators in nano-biosensing systems. In this article, we mainly adopt the thermal fluid coupling method. The effect of temperature field on instability is studied with the aid of numerical simulation. In addition, the radius of the inner fluid column, the thickness of the outer fluid, and the temperature gradient are also studied to explore how the factors influence the Plateau-Rayleigh instability. The wavelength of the instability is characterized by droplet diameter, which is formed through the process caused by Plateau-Rayleigh instability.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Process Equipment, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
authors.forename: Dan-dan
authors.initials: DD
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Institute of Process Equipment, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
authors.forename: Yu-mei
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.affiliation: School of Biomedical Engineering, Med-X Research Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.
authors.forename: Xian-ting
authors.initials: XT
authors.lastname: Ding
authors.affiliation: Institute of Process Equipment, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China zdhjkz@zju.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Jian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: Department of Material Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China.
authors.forename: Zhi-jun
authors.initials: ZJ
authors.lastname: Ma
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D015374:Biosensing Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D003198:Computer Simulation; D006358:Hot Temperature; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D036103:Nanotechnology / Q000379:methods*
keywords: Plateau-Rayleigh instability; numerical simulation; temperature