Two-dimensional ordering during droplet growth on a liquid surface
- 1 July 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review B
- Vol. 42 (1) , 1086-1089
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.42.1086
Abstract
In contrast to the breath-figure patterns that arise when water condenses on solid surfaces, the condensation and growth of droplets of water on paraffin oil can produce distinct two-dimensional structures. These occur because, in contrast to droplets on a solid surface, droplets of an immiscible fluid on the surface of a liquid can interact by mechanisms other than coalescence. An experimental investigation of the translational and orientational order in the patterns enables a connection to be made between their morphology and growth.Keywords
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