Molecular dynamics simulations were performed to investigate the wetting and coalescence of liquid Al and Pb drops on four carbon-based substrates. We highlight the importance of the microstructure and surface topography of substrates in the coalescence process. Our results show that the effect of substrate on coalescence is achieved by changing the wettability of the Pb metal. Additionally, we...

We present data on the pinch-off and coalescence of thin liquid alkane lenses floating on water. Pinch-off in quasi-2D lenses is distinctly different from pinch-off in axisymmetric 3D drops and involves a cascade of satellite droplets which extends to micron length scales. In contrast, coalescence of lenses is qualitatively similar to coalescence of 3D drops. Coalescence is predicted to involve...

Fusion of neuraminidase or trypsin pretreated human erythrocytes and untreated cells was performed. The obtained doublets had a permanent dipole moment which disappeared as a function of time. Since the dipole moment disappearance is due to protein interdiffusion the lateral diffusion constant may be determined. This was performed by fixing fused cells in different time intervals following the ...

The photonic bandgap of periodic multilayers with diffuse interface is calculated by considering an empirical model for the interdiffusion profile. The model for the diffuse profile is based on the error function Erf and a characteristic parameter σ. The model is valid for multilayer structure with arbitrary layer thickness. It is shown that the width of the bandgap varies with the value of σ a...

Platinum-diffused γ+γ' coatings (~20 at.% Al, ~22 at.% Pt) were synthesized on René 142 and René N5 Ni-based superalloys by electroplating the substrates with ~7 μm of Pt, followed by an annealing treatment in vacuum at 1175°C. In order to study the compositional and microstructural evolution of these coatings at elevated temperatures, interdiffusion experiments were carried out on coated speci...

Mechanisms and dynamics of bubble coalescence in silicic magmas 1 Jonathan M. Castro (University of Mainz) 2 Alain Burgisser (ISTO-CNRS) 3 Ian Schipper (ISTO-CNRS) 4 Simona Mancini (ISTO-Université d’Orléans) 5 6 Abstract 7 Bubble coalescence is an important process that strongly affects magmatic degassing. 8 Without coalescence, bubbles remain isolated from one another in the melt, severely 9 ...

By measuring or calculating coalescence times for several models of coalescence or evolution, with and without selection, we show that the ratios of these coalescence times become universal in the large size limit and we identify a few universality classes.

Needs in more-efficient visible light sources based on quantum wells (QWs) requires the diversification of traditional optoelectronics’ materials as well as development of the cost-effective approaches for reliable quantum confinement engineering. Interdiffusion approach has a great potential to become a simple method for controlling the optical properties of QWs and diminishing the quantum con...

The dynamics of bubble coalescence is studied using a robust numerical model for a multiphase flow system with interfaces. The effects of liquid viscosity and surface tension on bubble coalescence, for which Reynolds number ranges from 10 to 100 and Bond number ranges from 5 to 50, are investigated. It is shown that the numerical model used in this study can accurately capture the complex topol...