dc.contributor.author | Korolev, Kirill Sergeevich | |
dc.contributor.author | Nelson, David R. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2012-01-24T20:53:35Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2008 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Korolev, Kirill Sergeevich and David R. Nelson. 2008. Defect-mediated emulsification in two dimensions. Physical Review E 77(5): 051702. | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 1539-3755 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:8015812 | |
dc.description.abstract | We consider two-dimensional dispersions of droplets of isotropic phase in a liquid with an XY-like order parameter, tilt, nematic, and hexatic symmetries being included. Strong anchoring boundary conditions are assumed. Textures for a single droplet and a pair of droplets are calculated and a universal droplet-droplet pair potential is obtained. The interaction of dispersed droplets via the ordered phase is attractive at large distances and repulsive at short distances, which results in a well defined preferred separation for two droplets and topological stabilization of the emulsion. This interaction also drives self-assembly into chains. Preferred separations and energy barriers to coalescence are calculated, and the effects of thermal fluctuations and film thickness are discussed. | en_US |
dc.description.sponsorship | Engineering and Applied Sciences | en_US |
dc.description.sponsorship | Physics | en_US |
dc.description.sponsorship | Other Research Unit | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
dc.publisher | American Physical Society | en_US |
dc.relation.isversionof | doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.77.051702 | en_US |
dc.relation.hasversion | http://arxiv.org/abs/0803.0088 | en_US |
dash.license | LAA | |
dc.subject | topological defects | en_US |
dc.subject | rafts | en_US |
dc.subject | topological emulsion | en_US |
dc.title | Defect-Mediated Emulsification in Two Dimensions | en_US |
dc.type | Journal Article | en_US |
dc.description.version | Version of Record | en_US |
dc.relation.journal | Physical Review E: Statistical Nonlinear and Soft Matter Physics | en_US |
dash.depositing.author | Nelson, David R. | |
dc.date.available | 2012-01-24T20:53:35Z | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1103/PhysRevE.77.051702 | * |
dash.contributor.affiliated | Korolev, Kirill Sergeevich | |
dash.contributor.affiliated | Nelson, David | |