Motion of droplets along thin fibers with temperature gradient

Alexander L. Yarin; Wenxia Liu; Darrell H. Reneker

doi:10.1063/1.1459099

Motion of droplets along thin fibers with temperature gradient

Alexander L. Yarin, Wenxia Liu, Darrell H. Reneker

College of Engineering

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Abstract

Liquid n-decane, n-undecane, n-dodecane, and n-hexadecane formed tiny symmetrical droplets on a partially wettable cylindrical fiber. When a temperature gradient was created along the fiber, the droplets began to move along the fiber toward the cold region. An explanation of the phenomenon is related to the thermocapillary motion. Other possible mechanisms were ruled out. The theoretical results and experimental data agree reasonably well.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	4751-4760
Number of pages	10
Journal	Journal of Applied Physics
Volume	91
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1459099
Publication status	Published - 2002 Apr 1

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