Dynamics and stability of thin liquid films

RV Craster, OK Matar - Reviews of modern physics, 2009 - APS
The dynamics and stability of thin liquid films have fascinated scientists over many decades:
the observations of regular wave patterns in film flows down a windowpane or along …

Fabrication of long-ranged close-packed monolayer of silica nanospheres by spin coating

S Khanna, P Marathey, H Chaliyawala… - Colloids and Surfaces A …, 2018 - Elsevier
In light of the importance of nanostructured surfaces for various technological applications, it
becomes imperative to look for simple and reliable methods for assembling ordered …

Axisymmetric wave regimes in viscous liquid film flow over a spinning disk

GM Sisoev, OK Matar, CJ Lawrence - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2003 - cambridge.org
Finite-amplitude capillary waves, which can accompany the axisymmetric flow of a thin
viscous film over a rotating disk, are considered. A system of approximate evolution …

Low-order modelling of three-dimensional surface waves in liquid film flow on a rotating disk

DJ Kim, D Kim - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2024 - cambridge.org
Using low-dimensional numerical simulations, we investigate the characteristics of complex
and three-dimensional surface waves in a liquid film flowing over a rotating disk, focusing on …

The flow of thin liquid films over spinning discs

GM Sisoev, OK Matar… - The Canadian Journal of …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Continous thin liquid film flows over spinning discs present technological advantages in that
the liquid film thickness can be controlled by the rotation speed, and can be made very thin …

Spinning disk atomization: Theory of the ligament regime

Y Li, GM Sisoev, YD Shikhmurzaev - Physics of Fluids, 2018 - pubs.aip.org
A method of the mathematical modeling of the spinning disk atomization process as a whole,
from the film flow on a rotating disk to the drop formation and detachment from the ends of …

The flow of thin liquid films over spinning disks: Hydrodynamics and mass transfer

OK Matar, CJ Lawrence, GM Sisoev - Physics of Fluids, 2005 - pubs.aip.org
We study the hydrodynamics and mass transfer associated with gas absorption into a thin
liquid film flowing over a spinning disk. We use the thin-layer approximation in conjunction …

Evolution scales for wave regimes in liquid film flow over a spinning disk

OK Matar, GM Sisoev, CJ Lawrence - Physics of Fluids, 2004 - pubs.aip.org
We study the spatiotemporal development of a thin viscous film flowing over a spinning disk.
A coupled system of evolution equations for the film thickness and volumetric flow rates in …

Gas absorption into a wavy film flowing over a spinning disc

GM Sisoev, OK Matar, CJ Lawrence - Chemical engineering science, 2005 - Elsevier
We present results for gas absorption into a liquid film flowing over a spinning disc. The flow
is accompanied by the formation of nonlinear waves which strongly influence the diffusion …

The flow and hydrodynamic stability of a liquid film on a rotating disc

TS Kim, MU Kim - Fluid dynamics research, 2009 - iopscience.iop.org
The flow of a liquid film on a rotating disc is investigated in the case where a liquid is
supplied at a constant flow rate. We propose thin film equations by the integral method with …