Surfactant dynamics: hidden variables controlling fluid flows

H Manikantan, TM Squires - Journal of fluid mechanics, 2020 - cambridge.org
Surfactants–molecules and particles that preferentially adsorb to fluid interfaces–play a
ubiquitous role in the fluids of industry, of nature and of life. Since most surfactants cannot be …

[HTML][HTML] Drag on a spherical particle at the air–liquid interface: interplay between compressibility, Marangoni flow, and surface viscosities

M Pourali, M Kröger, J Vermant, PD Anderson… - Physics of …, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
We investigate the flow of viscous interfaces carrying an insoluble surface active material,
using numerical methods to shed light on the complex interplay between Marangoni …

Hydrodynamic aggregation of membrane inclusions due to non-Newtonian surface rheology

V Vig, H Manikantan - Physics of Fluids, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
Biological membranes are self-assembled complex fluid interfaces that host proteins,
molecular motors, and other macromolecules essential for cellular function. These …

Coupled bulk and interfacial transport of surfactants governs the settling of a drop towards a wall

SN Jadhav, S Mandal, U Ghosh - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2024 - cambridge.org
Surfactant-like impurities are omnipresent in multiphase emulsions and may substantially
affect the motion of small droplets by altering their interfacial properties. Usually these …

Hydrodynamic efficiency limit on a Marangoni surfer

A Daddi-Moussa-Ider, R Golestanian… - Journal of Fluid …, 2024 - cambridge.org
A Marangoni surfer is an object embedded in a gas–liquid interface, propelled by gradients
in surface tension. We derive an analytical theorem for the lower bound on the viscous …

[HTML][HTML] A numerical model for the simulation of complex planar Newtonian interfaces

A Esteban, J Hernández, J Tajuelo… - Applied Mathematical …, 2025 - Elsevier
We present a numerical model for the simulation of complex planar interfaces at which
moving solid objects can be immersed, reproducing a wide variety of experimental …

The unsteady drag of a translating spherical drop with a viscoelastic membrane at small Reynolds number

NL Dehghani, V Narsimhan - Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics, 2019 - Elsevier
This manuscript quantifies the hydrodynamic drag of a spherical droplet translating in
unsteady Stokes flow when the droplet has a thin, complex membrane. All forces (eg, Stokes …

A numerical model for the simulation of complex planar Newtonian interfaces

A Esteban Paz, J Hernández Rodríguez… - 2025 - e-spacio.uned.es
We present a numerical model for the simulation of complex planar interfaces at which
moving solid objects can be immersed, reproducing a wide variety of experimental …

[图书][B] Collective Dynamics of Rigid Disks on a Non-Newtonian Membrane

V Vig - 2022 - search.proquest.com
Biological membranes are made of phospholipids and host numerous surface active
components. They are ubiquitous in nature and exhibit a non-trivial rheology, where the …

[PDF][PDF] Microhydrodynamics of particles at complex interfaces of fluids

M Pourali - 2021 - research-collection.ethz.ch
In this chapter we investigate the flow of viscous interfaces laden with insoluble surface
active material, using numerical methods to elucidate the interplay between Marangoni …