Optical deformability of fluid interfaces / / Jean-Pierre Delville ... [et al.]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910968483003321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., c2009
• ISBN: 1-61470-478-3
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (98 p.)
• Collana: Novinka
• Altri autori (Persone): DelvilleJean-Pierre <1960->
• Disciplina: 530.4/27
• Soggetti: Liquids - Optical properties; Liquids - Magnetic properties; Liquids - Effect of radiation on; Interfaces (Physical sciences); Light absorption
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [79]-82) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- OPTICAL DEFORMABILITY OF FLUID INTERFACES -- OPTICAL DEFORMABILITY OF FLUID INTERFACES -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION -- Chapter 2 OPTICAL MANIPULATION OF FLUID INTERFACES: A BRIEF OVERVIEW -- 2.1 INDIRECT LASER-INDUCED INTERFACE DEFORMATION -- 2.2 DIRECT LASER-INDUCED INTERFACE DEFORMATION: OPTICAL ASPECTS -- A. Qualitative Explanation -- The experiment of Ashkin and Dziedzic -- Droplet Deformation and Optical microcavity -- 2.3 APPLICATION OF LASER-INDUCED INTERFACE DEFORMATION TO SOFT MATTER PHYSICS -- Characterization of Weak Surface Tensions and Surface Waves -- Characterization of Biological Membranes -- 2.4 SUMMARY -- Chapter 3 ELECTROMAGNETIC FORCES ON DIELECTRICS -- 3.1 BASICS -- 3.2 SURFACE TENSION AND RADIATION FORCES ON A CURVED SURFACE -- 3.3 CYLINDRICAL SYMMETRY -- Chapter 4 EXPERIMENTAL SECTION -- 4.1 PROPERTIES OF THE MICELLAR PHASE OF MICROEMULSION USED -- 4.2 EXPERIMENTAL SETUP -- Chapter 5 INTERFACE BENDING IN THE LINEAR REGIME IN DEFORMATION [61] -- 5.1 STATIONARY INTERFACE DEFORMATIONS -- Capillary Length lC and Optical Bond Number -- 5.2 ASYMPTOTIC REGIMES AND UNIVERSAL BEHAVIOR -- Height of Deformations is the Weak Optical Bond Number Regime -- ; Height of Deformations is the Large Optical Bond Number Regime -- Scaling and Universality in Interface Deformation -- 5.3 UP/DOWN SYMMETRY -- 5.4 APPLICATION TO ADAPTIVE LENSING [64] -- Chapter 6 NONLINEAR DEFORMATION AND "OPTOHYDRODYNAMIC" INSTABILITY -- 6.1 NONLINEAR INTERFACE DEFORMATIONS -- 6.2 UP/DOWN SYMMETRY BREAKING [58] -- 6.3 INTERFACE INSTABILITY AND JET FORMATION [67] -- Interface Instability Onset -- Comparison with the Zhang-Chang Experiment [36] -- Liquid Jet Control by Optical Radiation Pressure -- Chapter 7 LASER-SUSTAINED LIQUID COLUMNS -- 7.1 LIQUID BRIDGES AND RAYLEIGH-PLATEAU INSTABILITY.; 7.2 OPTICAL STABILIZATION OF LIQUID BRIDGES [80] -- 7.3 LIQUID BRIDGES OF SUPER LARGE ASPECT RATIO FORMED BY LIQUID JETS -- Chapter 8 APPLICATION TO ADAPTIVE OPTICS AND LASER MICROFLUIDICS -- 8.1 ADAPTIVE OPTICS -- 8.2 LASER MICROFLUIDICS -- Chapter 9 CONCLUSION AND PROSPECTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- INDEX -- Blank Page.
• Sommario/riassunto: The formation, deformation, and break-up of liquid interfaces are ubiquitous phenomena in nature. In this study the authors discuss the deformation of a liquid interface produced by optical radiation forces.