Unique fingering instabilities and soliton-like wave propagation in thin acoustowetting films

Amgad R. Rezk, Ofer Manor, James R. Friend and Leslie Y. Yeo ()
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Amgad R. Rezk: Micro/Nanophysics Research Laboratory, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, RMIT University
Ofer Manor: Micro/Nanophysics Research Laboratory, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, RMIT University
James R. Friend: Micro/Nanophysics Research Laboratory, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, RMIT University
Leslie Y. Yeo: Micro/Nanophysics Research Laboratory, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, RMIT University

Nature Communications, 2012, vol. 3, issue 1, 1-7

Abstract: The study of dynamic fingering in liquid films has a long and storied history dating back to the discovery of wine tears. Rezket al.report novel fingering patterns driven by sound waves, above which peculiar wave pulses akin to solitary waves are formed.

Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1038/ncomms2168

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