Issue 20, 2009
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Soft Matter

Dynamics of surfactant-assisted spreading

O. K. Matar*a  and  R. V. Crasterb  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London, U.K.
E-mail: o.matar@imperial.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0) 207 594 9618

b Department of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
E-mail: craster@ualberta.ca
Tel: +1 780 492 3001

Abstract

The presence of surface-active molecules at interfaces reduces the surface tension, and this property is exploited to drive the spreading of fluid films on the surface of liquid and solid substrates. Surfactant-assisted spreading gives rise to fascinating phenomena that involve complex dynamics and pattern formation; as a result, it has received considerable attention in the literature. This article provides a review of previous work and highlights the important open problems in this area.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B908719M
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Submitted
01 May 2009
Accepted
30 Jun 2009
First published
05 Aug 2009

Soft Matter, 2009,5, 3801-3809

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O. K. Matar and R. V. Craster, Soft Matter, 2009, 5, 3801 DOI: 10.1039/B908719M

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