TY  - EJOU
AU  - Pereira, A.  
AU  - Trevelyan, P.M.J.  
AU  - Thiele, U.  
AU  - Kalliadasis, S.  

TI  - Thin Films in the Presence of Chemical Reactions
T2  - Fluid Dynamics \& Materials Processing

PY  - 2007
VL  - 3
IS  - 4
SN  - 1555-2578

AB  - We investigate the interaction between thin films and chemical reactions by using two prototype systems: a thin liquid film falling down a planar inclined substrate in the presence of an exothermic chemical reaction and a horizontal thin liquid film with a reactive mixture of insoluble surfactants on its surface. In the first case the chemical reaction has a stabilizing influence on the dynamics of the film and dampens the free-surface solitary pulses. In the second case the chemical reaction can destabilize the film and lead to the formation of free-surface solitary pulses.
KW  - Thin films
KW  -  chemical reactions
KW  -  thermal/solutal Marangoni effect

DO  - 10.3970/fdmp.2007.003.303