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Characterization of kinetic coarsening in a random-field Ising model
We report a study of nonequilibrium relaxation in a two-dimensional random
field Ising model at a nonzero temperature. We attempt to observe the
coarsening from a different perspective with a particular focus on three
dynamical quantities that characterize the kinetic coarsening. We provide a
simple generalized scaling relation of coarsening supported by numerical
results. The excellent data collapse of the dynamical quantities justifies our
proposition. The scaling relation corroborates the recent observation that the
average linear domain size satisfies different scaling behavior in different
time regimes.Comment: Double-column, 4 pages, 6 figure
Dynamical Properties of Random Field Ising Model
Extensive Monte Carlo simulations are performed on a two-dimensional random
field Ising model. The purpose of the present work is to study the
disorder-induced changes in the properties of disordered spin systems. The time
evolution of the domain growth, the order parameter and spin-spin correlation
functions are studied in the non equilibrium regime. The dynamical evolution of
the order parameter and the domain growth shows a power law scaling with
disorder-dependent exponents. It is observed that, except for very small random
fields, exchange interaction never wins over pinning interaction to establish
long range order.Comment: 8 pages, 9 figures, Final and accepted version in Phys. Rev.
Effect of uniform electric field on the deformation of a 2D liquid droplet in confined simple shear flow
In the present study, we have studied the electro-hydrodynamic of a physical
system where a Newtonian dielectric liquid column or droplet suspended in
another Newtonian dielectric liquid medium in presence of a simple shear flow.
Taking both the phases as leaky dielectric and perfect dielectric in to
consideration, we have performed 2D numerical solution for capturing the
essential features of droplet deformation in between the parallel plate
configuration. For a perfect dielectric system, this study shows that the
deformation characteristic follows a monotonic as well as non-monotonic
variation with domain confinement depending on the values of electrical
permittivity ratio of the droplet and the surrounding fluid. For a
leaky-dielectric system, presence of small conductivity further alters the
deformation characteristic and it is happened that, at low electric field
strength, the deformation increases with confinement monotonically. On
contrary, deformation parameter shows non-monotonic variation with the domain
confinement at higher electric field strength. Furthermore, in confined domain,
the transient evolution of the deformation parameter is also markedly altered
by the electric field strength in terms of steady state value of the
deformation parameter and steady state time. Finally, the present analysis
shows that the domain confinement significantly augment the deformation
parameter in presence of electric field that leads to possible droplet break up
phenomenon. From the present study, it is worthy to mention that domain
confinement can be used to modulate the droplet morphology that has potential
applications in modern-days droplet-based micro-fluidic devices.Comment: 28 pages, 12 figure
Uniform electric field induced lateral migration of a sedimenting drop
We investigate the motion of a sedimenting spherical drop in the presence of
an applied uniform electric field in an otherwise arbitrary direction in the
limit of low surface charge convection. We analytically solve the electric
potential in and around the leaky dielectric drop, and solve for the Stokesian
velocity and pressure fields. We obtain the drop velocity through perturbations
in powers of the electric Reynolds number which signifies the importance of the
charge relaxation time scale as compared to the convective time scale. We show
that in the presence of electric field either in the sedimenting direction or
orthogonal to it, there is a change in the drop velocity only in the direction
of sedimentation due to an asymmetric charge distribution in the same
direction. However, in the presence of an electric field applied in both the
directions, and depending on the permittivities and conductivities of the two
fluids, we obtain a non-intuitive lateral migration of drop in addition to the
buoyancy driven sedimentation. These dynamical features can be effectively used
for manipulating drops in a controlled electro-fluidic environment.Comment: 30 pages, 5 figure
Effect of Marangoni stress on the bulk rheology of a dilute emulsion of surfactant-laden deformable droplets in linear flows
In the present study we analytically investigate the deformation and bulk
rheology of a dilute emulsion of surfactant-laden droplets suspended in a
linear flow. We use an asymptotic approach to predict the effect of surfactant
distribution on the deformation of a single droplet as well as the effective
shear and extensional viscosity for the dilute emulsion. The non-uniform
distribution of surfactants due to the bulk flow results in the generation of a
Marangoni stress which affects both the deformation as well as the bulk
rheology of the suspension. The present analysis is done for the limiting case
when the surfactant transport is dominated by the surface diffusion relative to
surface convection. As an example, we have used two commonly encountered bulk
flows, namely, uniaxial extensional flow and simple shear flow. With the
assumption of negligible inertial forces present in either of the phases, we
are able to show that both the surfactant concentration on the droplet surface
as well as the ratio of viscosity of the droplet phase with respect to the
suspending fluid has a significant effect on the droplet deformation as well as
the bulk rheology. It is seen that increase in the non-uniformity in surfactant
distribution on the droplet surface results in a higher droplet deformation and
a higher effective viscosity for either of linear flows considered. For the
case of simple shear flow, surfactant distribution is found to have no effect
on the inclination angle, however, a higher viscosity ratio predicts the
droplet to be more aligned towards the direction of flow
Complex Fluid-Fluid Interface may Non Trivially Dictate Droplet Deformation in an Incipient Flow
The present study theoretically predicts the effect of interfacial viscosity
on the deformation of a compound drop as well as on the bulk rheology. The
system at hand comprises of a dilute emulsion of concentric compound drops,
laden with surfactants and suspended in a linear flow. Two types of linear
flows are considered in this study, namely, a uniaxial extensional flow and a
simple shear flow. Presence of surfactants along the drop surface leads to the
generation of an interfacial viscosity, which is different from the bulk. This
interfacial viscosity generates a viscous drag that along with bulk
flow-induced nonuniform surfactant distribution on the drop surface
significantly alters drop dynamics. For the present study an asymptotic
approach is used to solve the flow field under the limiting case of
diffusion-dominated-surfactant transport. Assuming the surfactants to be
bulk-insoluble and negligible inertia to be present in fluid flow, it is shown
that presence of interfacial viscosity reduces the deformation of a compound
drop and enhances the stability of a dilute double emulsion. At the same time
the effective viscosity of the emulsion also increases with rise in interfacial
viscosity. For large values of interfacial dilatational viscosity the drop
deformation is seen to increase and hence the stability of the double emulsion
is questionable
Droplet migration characteristics in confined oscillatory microflows
We analyze the migration characteristics of a droplet in an oscillatory flow
field in a parallel plate micro-confinement. Using phase filed formalism, we
capture the dynamical evolution of the droplet over a wide range of the
frequency of the imposed oscillation in the flow field, drop size relative to
the channel gap, and the capillary number. The latter two factors imply the
contribution of droplet deformability, commonly considered in the study of
droplet migration under steady shear flow conditions. We show that the imposed
oscillation brings in additional time complexity in the droplet movement,
realized through temporally varying drop-shape, flow direction and the inertial
response of the droplet. As a consequence, we observe a spatially complicated
pathway of the droplet along the transverse direction, in sharp contrast to the
smooth migration under a similar yet steady shear flow condition. Intuitively,
the longitudinal component of the droplet movement is in tandem with the flow
continuity and evolves with time at the same frequency as that of the imposed
oscillation, although, with an amplitude decreasing with the frequency. The
time complexity of the transverse component of the movement pattern, however,
cannot by rationalized through such intuitive arguments. Towards bringing out
the underlying physics, we further endeavor in a reciprocal identity based
analysis. Following this approach, we unveil the time complexities of the
droplet movement, which appear to be sufficient to rationalize the complex
movement patterns observed through the comprehensive simulation studies. These
results can be of profound importance in designing droplet based microfluidic
systems in an oscillatory flow environment.Comment: 25 pages, 8 figure
Cross-stream migration of a surfactant-laden deformable droplet in a Poiseuille flow
The motion of a viscous deformable droplet suspended in an unbounded
Poiseuille flow in the presence of bulk-insoluble surfactants is studied
analytically. Assuming the convective transport of fluid and heat to be
negligible, we perform a small-deformation perturbation analysis to obtain the
droplet migration velocity. The droplet dynamics strongly depends on the
distribution of surfactants along the droplet interface, which is governed by
the relative strength of convective transport of surfactants as compared with
the diffusive transport of surfactants. The present study is focused on the
following two limits: (i) when the surfactant transport is dominated by surface
diffusion, and (ii) when the surfactant transport is dominated by surface
convection. In the first limiting case, it is seen that the axial velocity of
the droplet decreases with increase in the advection of the surfactants along
the surface. The variation of cross-stream migration velocity, on the other
hand, is analyzed over three different regimes based on the ratio of the
viscosity of the droplet phase to that of the carrier phase. In the first
regime the migration velocity decreases with increase in surface advection of
the surfactants although there is no change in direction of droplet migration.
For the second regime, the direction of the cross-stream migration of the
droplet changes depending on different parameters. In the third regime, the
migration velocity is merely affected by any change in the surfactant
distribution. For the other limit of higher surface advection in comparison to
surface diffusion of the surfactants, the axial velocity of the droplet is
found to be independent of the surfactant distribution. However, the
cross-stream velocity is found to decrease with increase in non-uniformity in
surfactant distribution
Electrohydrodynamic migration of a surfactant-coated deformable drop in Poiseuielle flow
In this study we attempt to explore the consequences of surfactant coating on
the electrohydrodynamic manipulation of a drop motion in a plane Poiseuielle
flow. In addition we consider bulk insoluble surfactants and a linear
dependency of the surface tension on the surfactant concentration. Subsequently
a double asymptotic perturbation method is used in terms of small electric
Reynolds number and capillary number in the limit of a diffusion-dominated
surfactant transport mechanism. Also going beyond the widely employed
axisymmetric framework, the coupled system of governing differential equations
in three dimensions are then solved by adopting the `generalized Lamb solution
technique'. The expressions of key variables suggest that the flow curvature of
the external flow, the electric field effects and the surfactant effects are
coupled in a non-trivial manner, well beyond a linear superposition. A careful
investigation shows that surfactant-induced Marangoni stresses interacts with
the electrohydrodynamic stresses in a highly coupled fashion. Owing to this,
under different combinations of electrical conductivity and permittivity
ratios, the Mason number and the applied electric field direction, the
surfactants affect differently on the longitudinal as well as cross-stream
migration velocity of the drop. The present results may be of utmost importance
in providing a deep insight to the underlying complex physical mechanisms. Most
importantly the ability of surfactants in selectively controlling the drop
motion in different directions, makes them suitable for achieving a new degree
of freedom in the electrical actuation of droplets in the microfluidic devices
Electric field-induced droplet deflection in microconfined flow
The deflection of liquid droplet driven through a liquid medium under the
combined action of transverse electric field and pressure driven flow has been
studied in the present analysis. The present experimental and numerical
analysis identifies the domain confinement as a key parameter for transverse
migration of the droplets in the presence of a transverse electric field.
Notably, the droplet migrates at a faster rate in highly confined domain. The
present analysis also illustrates that the droplet can migrate toward the wall
electrode or centerline depending on the physical and electrical properties of
the system. The achieved steady state transverse position is found independent
of its initial positions.Comment: 10 pages,5 figure
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