Divergence of critical fluctuations on approaching catastrophic phase inversion in turbulent emulsions

L Yi, I Girotto, F Toschi, C Sun - Physical Review Letters, 2024 - APS
Catastrophic phase inversion, the breakdown of a concentrated emulsion characterized by
the most puzzling sudden feature, is crucial in numerous industrial applications. Here we …

Inferring the stability of concentrated emulsions from droplet configuration information

P Sivakumar, A Nabeel - The European Physical Journal Special Topics, 2023 - Springer
When droplets are tightly packed in a 2D microchannel, coalescence of a pair of droplets
can trigger an avalanche of coalescence events that propagate through the entire emulsion …

Interacting coalescence avalanches in a 2D droplet assembly

M Danny Raj, R Rengaswamy - AIChE Journal, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
A 2D droplet assembly can undergo destabilization through a series of coalescence events
that propagate like an avalanche. Multiple avalanches can get triggered during the course of …