Deformations of an active liquid droplet

• Published in: Physics of fluids (1994) Vol. 35; no. 4
• Main Authors: Kree, R., Zippelius, A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Melville American Institute of Physics 01.04.2023
• Subjects: Deformation effects; Droplets; Fluid dynamics; Marangoni convection; Perturbation theory; Physics; Slip velocity; Spherical harmonics; Surface tension

A fluid droplet, in general, deforms if subject to active driving, such as a finite slip velocity or active tractions on its interface. Starting from Stokes equations, we show that these deformations and their dynamics can be computed analytically in a perturbation theory in the inverse of the surfa...