10:30-10:55
Domain Relaxation in Polymer Monolayers
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Room: Prince of Wales - 2nd Floor
For Part II, see MS50
Thin film flows have a number of important applications that range from industrial coating flows to microfluidics. Description of liquid flows in thin films is based on a forth-order PDE derived from the Navier-Stokes equations using a lubrication-type approach. While solutions of this equation have been extensively discussed in the literature, coupled description of liquid flow and other physical effects received much less attention. The physical effects of interest include evaporation/condensation, thermocapillary flow due to non-uniform heating, disjoining pressure due to unbalanced intermolecular interactions in ultra-thin regions of the film, as well as effects of surfactants and sedimenting particles.
The goal of the minisymposium is to discuss remarkably rich and interesting dynamics that arises from coupling between these physical effects and liquid flow in the film. Truly interdisciplinary nature of the minisymposium is reflected in the broad range of topics from engineering applications to analysis of the PDEs. The exchange of ideas across disciplines will be essential for motivating new developments in the field.
Organizer:
Vladimir S. Ajaev
Southern Methodist University
Karl Glasner
University of Arizona
10:30-10:55
Domain Relaxation in Polymer Monolayers