Acoustic microfluidics: Capillary waves and vortex currents in a spherical fluid drop


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Abstract

We calculate the radiation forces in a spherical drop lying on a solid substrate. The forces form as a result of the action of a capillary wave on a fluid as it propagates along the free spherical surface. We study the structure of acoustic currents excited by the radiation forces.

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P. V. Lebedev-Stepanov

Photochemistry Center; National Research Nuclear University MEPhI

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Email: petrls@mail.ru
Russian Federation, ul. Novatorov 7a, Moscow, 119421; Kashirskoe shosse 31, Moscow, 115409

O. V. Rudenko

Physics Faculty; Prokhorov General Physics Institute; Schmidt Institute of Physics of the Earth; School of Engineering; Nizhny Novgorod State University

Email: petrls@mail.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow, 119991; ul. Vavilova 38, Moscow, 119991; ul. Bol’shaya Gruzinskaya 10/1, Moscow, 123242; Karlskrona, 371 79; pr. Gagarina 23, Nizhny Novgorod, 603950

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