On droplets coalescence in a quasi-2D fluid
arXiv:2003.12877 · doi:10.1021/acs.langmuir.0c02139
Abstract
The coalescence of droplets plays a crucial role in nature and modern technology. Various experimental and theoretical studies explored droplet dynamics in 3D and on 2D solid or liquid substrates. In this paper, we demonstrate the coalescence of isotropic droplets confined in thin quasi-2D liquids -- overheated smectic films. We observe the merging of micrometer-sized flat droplets using high-speed-imaging and analyse the shape transformations of the droplets on the timescale of milliseconds. Our studies reveal the scaling laws of the coalescence time, which exhibits a different dependence on the droplet geometry than in case of droplets on a solid substrate. A theoretical model is proposed to explain the difference in behaviour.
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