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We give an overview on recent developments of phase field models for two-phase flows with surfactants and lipid bilayer membranes. Starting from the two-phase flow model of a clean fluid-fluid interface we discuss the time discretization and boundary conditions for dynamic and static contact angles. Using the adsorption models of Henry and Langmuir, soluble surfactants are included in the diffuse interface formulation. To consider lipid bilayer membranes the model is extended by membrane bending stiffness and membrane inextensibility. We present phase field models to include these elastic effects, with a particular focus on the inextensibility constraint for which we discuss different phase field variants from the literature and present numerical tests.
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Aland, S. (2017). Phase Field Models for Two-Phase Flow with Surfactants and Biomembranes. In: Bothe, D., Reusken, A. (eds) Transport Processes at Fluidic Interfaces. Advances in Mathematical Fluid Mechanics. Birkhäuser, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-56602-3_11
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