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The interfacial energy of two-dimensional bidisperse cellular fluids

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The mixing energy of two biphasic fluid systems (dispersions of two liquids or a liquid and a gas, A and B in a liquid C), confined between two parallel plates, is calculated. Our attention is limited to concentrated and monodisperse systems, i.e. emulsions and foam/emulsions consisting of equal-size (if of the same composition) cells separated by a thin liquid film. It is demonstrated that the multiphase mixtures ordered into regular patterns can be stable in a wide range of interfacial tensions acting along A-C and B-C interfaces and also in a wide range of volume fractions of fluid A. Anisotropic properties of such well-ordered structures are also demonstrated.

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Received: 8 December 2003, Published online: 4 May 2004

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83.80.Iz Emulsions and foams - 05.65. + b Self-organized systems

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Nowicki, W., Nowicka, G. The interfacial energy of two-dimensional bidisperse cellular fluids. Eur. Phys. J. E 13, 409–415 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1140/epje/i2003-10086-6

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