Thermo- and soluto-capillarity: Passive and active drops

A survey is provided of a variety of problems where a passive or an active drop experiences directed motion consequence of the action of an external or internal agent or a combination of both. An active drop is capable of reacting by engendering autonomous, self-propelled motion in favor or against...

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Published inAdvances in colloid and interface science Vol. 247; pp. 52 - 80
Main Authors Ryazantsev, Yuri S., Velarde, Manuel G., Rubio, Ramón G., Guzmán, Eduardo, Ortega, Francisco, López, Pilar
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Netherlands Elsevier B.V 01.09.2017
Subjects
Bubbles
Drops
Laser
Marangoni effect
Soluto-capillarity
Thermo-capillarity
Thermo-capillarity
Bubbles
Marangoni effect
Soluto-capillarity
Drops
Laser
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Summary:A survey is provided of a variety of problems where a passive or an active drop experiences directed motion consequence of the action of an external or internal agent or a combination of both. An active drop is capable of reacting by engendering autonomous, self-propelled motion in favor or against the agent. The phenomena involved offer diverse complexity but one way or another the drop motion finally rests on thermo- or soluto-capillarity hence on interfacial tension gradients. Accordingly, here a minimal mathematical framework underlying such drop motions is provided when direct external temperature or solute gradients, illumination, internal heat generation or surface chemical reaction are incorporated into the physico-chemical-hydrodynamics. [Display omitted] •Review of hydrodynamics of passive and active drops/bubbles in host fluids.•Mathematical description of the motion of drops/bubbles due to interfacial tension gradients is itemized.•Force on active and passive drops/bubbles has been provided.•Classical and recent experiments on active and passive motion of drops/bubbles are described.
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ISSN:0001-8686
1873-3727
DOI:10.1016/j.cis.2017.07.025