Dendritic patterns from shear-enhanced anisotropy in nematic liquid crystals

Q Zhang, S Zhou, R Zhang, I Bischofberger - Science Advances, 2023 - science.org
Controlling the growth morphology of fluid instabilities is challenging because of their self-
amplified and nonlinear growth. The viscous fingering instability, which arises when a less …

Linear stability of thermocapillary flow in a droplet attached to a hot or cold substrate

L Babor, HC Kuhlmann - Physical Review Fluids, 2023 - APS
The symmetry-breaking instability of the steady axisymmetric thermocapillary flow in a
nonvolatile sessile droplet on a hot or cold substrate under zero gravity conditions is …

Fluid-mediated fabrication of complex assemblies

PT Brun - JACS Au, 2022 - ACS Publications
This Perspective accounts for recent progress in the directed control of interfacial fluid flows
harnessed to assemble architected soft materials. We are focusing on the paradigmatic …

Fractal dimensions in fluid dynamics and their effects on the Rayleigh problem, the Burger's vortex and the Kelvin–Helmholtz instability

RA El-Nabulsi, W Anukool - Acta Mechanica, 2022 - Springer
In this article, we construct fluid equations in fractal dimensions based on the concept of the
product-like fractal measure introduced by Li and Ostoja-Starzewski in their formulation of …

Comparison of the jet breakup and droplet formation between non-Newtonian and Newtonian fluids

S Mousavi, M Siavashi, M Bagheri - Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid …, 2023 - Elsevier
Jet breakup and droplet formation are used in various applications including the production
of pharmaceutical microcapsules, biomedical sensors, lab-on-chips, and more. Many of …

[HTML][HTML] Kelvin-Helmholtz instability as one of the key features for fast and efficient emulsification by hydrodynamic cavitation

Ž Boček, M Petkovšek, SJ Clark, K Fezzaa… - Ultrasonics …, 2024 - Elsevier
The paper investigates the oil–water emulsification process inside a micro-venturi channel.
More specifically, the possible influence of Kelvin-Helmholtz instability on the emulsification …

Co‐Assembly of Biosynthetic Chiral Nematic Adhesive Materials with Dynamic Polarized Luminescence

M Kim, H Lee, RT Snipes, MJ Han, VV Tsukruk - Small, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
There is currently an extensive demand for simple and effective synthetic methods to allow
the design and fabrication of robust and flexible chiral materials that can generate strong …

Gravity-driven flow of liquid bridges between vertical fibres

CT Gabbard, JB Bostwick - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2024 - cambridge.org
Liquid bridges are formed when a flowing liquid interacts with multiple parallel fibres, as
relevant to heat and mass transfer applications that utilize flow down fibre arrays. We …

The effect of odd-viscosity on Rayleigh–Taylor instability of a liquid film under a heated inclined substrate

B Jia, Y Jian - Physics of Fluids, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
We discuss the effect of odd viscosity on Rayleigh–Taylor instability of a thin Newtonian
liquid film with broken time-reversal symmetry as it flows down a uniformly heated, inclined …

Designing soft materials with interfacial instabilities in liquid films

J Marthelot, EF Strong, PM Reis, PT Brun - Nature communications, 2018 - nature.com
Natural soft materials harness hierarchy and structures at all scales to build function.
Adapting this paradigm to our technological needs, from mechanical, phononic and photonic …