Issue 17, 2011

Influence of surface rheology on dynamic wetting of droplets coated with insoluble surfactants

Abstract

Wetting phenomena are crucial to many problems, including wetting and dewetting in the tear film in the eye. Here we introduce insoluble surfactants to the surface of advancing droplets of pure water. Three pure surfactants were chosen with similar Gibbs elasticity but distinct interfacial shear properties. The effects of arachidyl alcohol, a Newtonian monolayer, on dynamic wetting are compared to 1,2-dipalmitoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (DPPC) and cholesteryl myristate, which both form monolayers with shear elasticity. In addition, meibomian lipids, a natural mixture of lipids found in the tear film, were also studied. We show that while droplets covered with arachidyl alcohol follow classical hydrodynamics, surface shear elasticity introduces unique behavior including stick–release phenomena at low velocities and non-ideal behavior at higher velocities.

Graphical abstract: Influence of surface rheology on dynamic wetting of droplets coated with insoluble surfactants

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
11 Feb 2011
Accepted
28 Mar 2011
First published
06 May 2011

Soft Matter, 2011,7, 7747-7753

Influence of surface rheology on dynamic wetting of droplets coated with insoluble surfactants

D. L. Leiske, C. Monteux, M. Senchyna, H. A. Ketelson and G. G. Fuller, Soft Matter, 2011, 7, 7747 DOI: 10.1039/C1SM05231D

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