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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6 Pt 1
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-7-12
pubmed:abstractText
We study the fragmentation under shear flow of smectic monodisperse droplets at high volume fraction. Using small angle light scattering and optical microscopy, we reveal the existence of a break-up mechanism for which the droplets burst into daughter droplets of the same size. Surprisingly, this fragmentation process, which is strain controlled and occurs homogeneously in the cell, does not require any transient elongation of the droplets. Systematic experiments as a function of the initial droplet size and the applied shear rate show that the rupture is triggered by an instability of the inner droplet structure.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:status
PubMed-not-MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
1539-3755
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
69
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
061508
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Can a droplet break up under flow without elongating? Fragmentation of smectic monodisperse droplets.
pubmed:affiliation
Centre de Physique Optique Moléculaire Hertzienne UMR 5798, 351 Cours de la Libération, 33400 Talence, France. l.courbin@cpmoh.u-bordeaux1.fr
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article