Thermocapillary Convection in Superimposed Layers of Self-Rewetting Fluids: Analytical and Lattice Boltzmann Computational Study

Bashir Elbousefi, William Schupbach, Kannan N. Premnath +1

Self-rewetting fluids (SRFs), such as aqueous solutions of long-chain alcohols, exhibit anomalous quadratic dependence of surface tension on temperature having a minimum and with a…