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Thermocapillary flows and interface deformations produced by localized laser heating in confined environment
The deformation of a fluid-fluid interface due to the thermocapillary stress
induced by a continuous Gaussian laser wave is investigated analytically. We
show that the direction of deformation of the liquid interface strongly depends
on the viscosities and the thicknesses of the involved liquid layers. We first
investigate the case of an interface separating two different liquid layers
while a second part is dedicated to a thin film squeezed by two external layers
of same liquid. These results are predictive for applications fields where
localized thermocapillary stresses are used to produce flows or to deform
interfaces in presence of confinement, such as optofluidics
Optohydrodynamics of soft fluid interfaces : Optical and viscous nonlinear effects
Recent experimental developments showed that the use of the radiation
pressure, induced by a continuous laser wave, to control fluid-fluid interface
deformations at the microscale, represents a very promising alternative to
electric or magnetic actuation. In this article, we solve numerically the
dynamics and steady state of the fluid interface under the effects of buoyancy,
capillarity, optical radiation pressure and viscous stress. A precise
quantitative validation is shown by comparison with experimental data. New
results due to the nonlinear dependence of the optical pressure on the angle of
incidence are presented, showing different morphologies of the deformed
interface going from needle-like to finger-like shapes, depending on the
refractive index contrast. In the transient regime, we show that the viscosity
ratio influences the time taken for the deformation to reach steady state
Eddies and interface deformations induced by optical streaming
We study flows and interface deformations produced by the scattering of a
laser beam propagating through non-absorbing turbid fluids. Light scattering
produces a force density resulting from the transfer of linear momentum from
the laser to the scatterers. The flow induced in the direction of the beam
propagation, called 'optical streaming', is also able to deform the interface
separating the two liquid phases and to produce wide humps. The viscous flow
taking place in these two liquid layers is solved analytically, in one of the
two liquid layers with a stream function formulation, as well as numerically in
both fluids using a boundary integral element method. Quantitative comparisons
are shown between the numerical and analytical flow patterns. Moreover, we
present predictive simulations regarding the effects of the geometry, of the
scattering strength and of the viscosities, on both the flow pattern and the
deformation of the interface. Finally, theoretical arguments are put forth to
explain the robustness of the emergence of secondary flows in a two-layer fluid
system
Thermocapillary valve for droplet production and sorting
Droplets are natural candidates for use as microfluidic reactors, if active
control of their formation and transport can be achieved. We show here that
localized heating from a laser can block the motion of a water-oil interface,
acting as a microfluidic valve for two-phase flows. A theoretical model is
developed to explain the forces acting on a drop due to thermocapillary flow,
predicting a scaling law which favors miniaturization. Finally, we show how the
laser forcing can be applied to sorting drops, thus demonstrating how it may be
integrated in complex droplet microfluidic systems.Comment: Five pages, four figure
Microfluidic Transport Driven by Opto-Thermal Effects
This chapter reviews several approaches towards the manipulation and transport of fluids and macromolecules by optically-induced thermal effects
Optical flow focusing: Light-induced destabilization of stable liquid threads
International audienceConfinement of flowing liquid threads by solid walls makes them stable with respect to the Rayleigh–Plateau instability. We demonstrate here that light can break this stability, by forcing locally the deformation of the liquid interface through thermally-induced Marangoni stresses. Depending upon the confining conditions and fluid properties, this optocapillary deformation either pinches or inflates the thread, which may in both cases lead to its localized fragmentation into droplets. In the pinching regime, the laser beam behaves as a wall-free constriction that flow fo-cuses the thread, leading to successive regimes of single and multiple periodicity. Light-driven local Marangoni stresses may prove an elegant contactless alternative to control reversibly the thread-to-droplet transition for digital microfluidics
Anthropologie appliquée et développement associatif. Trente années d'expérimentation sociale en Afrique sahélienne (1960-1990), Guy Belloncle, Paris, L'Harmattan, 1993, 194 p.
Le dernier ouvrage de Guy Belloncle inaugure la collection "Anthropologie appliquée" qu'il dirige à l'Harmattan. Comme pour les autres livres de notre auteur, il s'agit d'un recueil d'articles ou de rapports, écrits entre 1977 et 1985. G. Belloncle y présente ses convictions, basées sur des intuitions anciennes, confirmées par l'expérience: 1) Le fort potentiel des organisations villageoises traditionnelles. Avec elles "l'Afrique possède un atout unique pour la mise en place de coopératives a..
Liquid Transport Due to Light Scattering
Using experiments and theory, we show that light scattering by
inhomogeneities in the index of refraction of a fluid can drive a large-scale
flow. The experiment uses a near-critical, phase-separated liquid, which
experiences large fluctuations in its index of refraction. A laser beam
traversing the liquid produces a large-scale deformation of the interface and
can cause a liquid jet to form. We demonstrate that the deformation is produced
by a scattering-induced flow by obtaining good agreements between the measured
deformations and those calculated assuming this mechanism.Comment: 4 pages, 5 figures, submitted to Physical Review Letters v2: Edited
based on comments from referee
Near-critical spreading of droplets
We study the spreading of droplets in a near-critical phase-separated liquid
mixture, using a combination of experiments, lubrication theory and
finite-element numerical simulations. The classical Tanner's law describing the
spreading of viscous droplets is robustly verified when the critical
temperature is neared. Furthermore, the microscopic cut-off length scale
emerging in this law is obtained as a single free parameter for each given
temperature. In total-wetting conditions, this length is interpreted as the
thickness of the thin precursor film present ahead of the apparent contact
line. The collapse of the different evolutions onto a single Tanner-like master
curve demonstrates the universality of viscous spreading before entering in the
fluctuation-dominated regime. Finally, our results reveal a counter-intuitive
and sharp thinning of the precursor film when approaching the critical
temperature, which is attributed to the vanishing spreading parameter at the
critical point
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