3 papers
physics.flu-dyn2025
Elasto-viscous regime in coalescence of viscoelastic droplets
Pallavi Katre, Bimalendu Mahapatra, Manaswita Karmakar +3
We report a regime transition in the coalescence of concentrated polymeric droplets in a pendant-pendant configuration. While Newtonian droplet coalescence has been extensively stu…
cond-mat.soft2023
Jamming modulates coalescence dynamics of shear-thickening colloidal droplets
M. V. R. Sudheer, Sarath Chandra Varma, Aloke Kumar +1
Recent investigations into coalescence dynamics of complex fluid droplets revealed the existence of sub-Newtonian behaviour for polymeric fluids (elastic and shear thinning). We hy…
physics.flu-dyn2019
Universality in coalescence of polymeric fluid drops
Sarath Chandra Varma, Siddhartha Mukherjee, Aniruddha Saha +3
Coalescence of liquid droplets involves an interplay between capillary forces, viscous forces and inertial forces. Here, we unveil a universal temporal evolution of the neck radius…