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ArticleScience advances2020

Transient structures in rupturing thin films: Marangoni-induced symmetry-breaking pattern formation in viscous fluids.

Li Shen, Fabian Denner, Neal Morgan, Berend van Wachem, Daniele Dini

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Article in Science advances, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. The Intrinsic Fragility of the Liquid-Vapor Interface: A Stress Network Perspective.Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids · 2022
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  3. Morphology-driven gas sensing by fabricated fractals: A review.Beilstein journal of nanotechnology · 2021
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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors.

Li ShenDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Imperial College London, Exhibition Road, London SW7 2AZ, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-5377-1381
Fabian DennerChair of Mechanical Process Engineering, Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg, Universitätsplatz 2, 39106 Magdeburg, Germany.
Neal MorganShell Global Solutions Ltd., Shell Centre York Road, London SE1 7NA, UK.
Berend van WachemChair of Mechanical Process Engineering, Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg, Universitätsplatz 2, 39106 Magdeburg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-5399-4075
Daniele DiniDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Imperial College London, Exhibition Road, London SW7 2AZ, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-5518-499X

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In the minutes immediately preceding the rupture of a soap bubble, distinctive and repeatable patterns can be observed. These quasistable transient structures are associated with the instabilities of the complex Marangoni flows on the curved thin film in the presence of a surfactant solution. Here, we report a generalized Cahn-Hilliard-Swift-Hohenberg model derived using asymptotic theory that describes the quasielastic wrinkling pattern formation and the consequent coarsening dynamics in a curved surfactant-laden thin film. By testing the theory against experiments on soap bubbles, we find quantitative agreement with the analytical predictions of the nucleation and the early coarsening phases associated with the patterns. Our findings provide fundamental physical understanding that can be used to (de-)stabilize thin films in the presence of surfactants and have important implications for both natural and industrial contexts, such as the production of thin coating films, foams, emulsions, and sprays.

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