Direct Visual Observation of Thermal Capillary Waves Export

@article{aarts04, abstract = {We studied the free fluid-fluid interface in a phase-separated colloid-polymer dispersion with laser scanning confocal microscopy and directly observed thermally induced capillary waves at the interface in real space. Experimental results for static and dynamic correlation functions validate the capillary wave model down to almost the particle level. The ultralow interfacial tension, the capillary length, and the capillary time are found to be in agreement with independent measurements. Furthermore, we show that capillary waves induce the spontaneous breakup of thin liquid films and thus are of key importance in the process of droplet coalescence. 10.1126/science.1097116}, author = {Aarts, Dirk G. and Schmidt, Matthias and Lekkerkerker, Henk N.}, citeulike-article-id = {2795992}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1097116}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/304/5672/847}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15131300}, citeulike-linkout-3 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=15131300}, day = {7}, doi = {10.1126/science.1097116}, journal = {Science}, keywords = {capillary, colloidal-gel, confocal, journal-club, stat-mech}, month = {May}, number = {5672}, pages = {847--850}, posted-at = {2008-06-16 03:17:02}, priority = {0}, title = {Direct Visual Observation of Thermal Capillary Waves}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1097116}, volume = {304}, year = {2004} }

TY - JOUR ID - aarts04 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2795992 N2 - We studied the free fluid-fluid interface in a phase-separated colloid-polymer dispersion with laser scanning confocal microscopy and directly observed thermally induced capillary waves at the interface in real space. Experimental results for static and dynamic correlation functions validate the capillary wave model down to almost the particle level. The ultralow interfacial tension, the capillary length, and the capillary time are found to be in agreement with independent measurements. Furthermore, we show that capillary waves induce the spontaneous breakup of thin liquid films and thus are of key importance in the process of droplet coalescence. 10.1126/science.1097116 IS - 5672 JF - Science EP - 850 TI - Direct Visual Observation of Thermal Capillary Waves VL - 304 SP - 847 KW - capillary KW - colloidal-gel KW - confocal KW - journal-club KW - stat-mech AU - Aarts, Dirk AU - Schmidt, Matthias AU - Lekkerkerker, Henk PY - 2004/05/07/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1097116 ER -