Interfacial instabilities driven by chemical reactions

A. Pereira; P.M.J. Trevelyan; U. Thiele; S. Kalliadasis

doi:10.1140/epjst/e2009-00891-1

Interfacial instabilities driven by chemical reactions

A. Pereira, P.M.J. Trevelyan, U. Thiele, S. Kalliadasis

Faculty of Computing, Engineering and Science

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Abstract

We investigate the interaction of thin films with chemical reactions by using as a model system a horizontal film with a reactive mixture of insoluble surfactants on its free surface. The reaction is modeled by a bistable/excitable FitzHugh-Nagumo (FHN) prototype. The chemical reaction can destabilize the film leading to the propagation of solitary pulses on its free surface.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	121 - 125
Number of pages	4
Journal	European Physical Journal - Special Topics
Volume	166
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1140/epjst/e2009-00891-1
Publication status	Published - 14 Jan 2009

Keywords

thin films
fitz hugh-nagumo
interfacial instabilities

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