Surface tension modulated instabilities in thin liquid films

Abstract

A surface tension gradient resulting from the inhomogeneities in temperature thermo capillarity or concentration solutocapillarity on the free surface of a pure or binary liquid has the ability to induce motion in its bulk phase Typically known as the Marangoni instability this phenomenon is frequently encountered in the small scale systems liquid films droplets liquid bridges etc where the surface effects dominate over the volumetric ones The present thesis aims at understanding thi...