TY - JOUR
T1 - Continuum theory of an immiscible binary fluid mixture with a surfactant
AU - Kawasaki, Kyozi
AU - Kawakatsu, Toshihiro
N1 - Funding Information:
Much of the static part of this work was carriedo ut during tile stay of one of us (KK) at Institutef or TheoreticaPl hysics,U niversityo f California at Santa Barbara, USA. He gratefully acknowledgems any helpful discussionst here with the following persons: S. Alexander, D. Andelman, M. Cates, W. Helfrich, S. Marcelja and D. Roux. This researchw as supportedin part by the National ScienceF oundationu nderGrant No. PHY82-17853s, upplementebd~ funds from the National Aeronauticsa nd Space AdministrationU, SA. The additional support was provided by the Scientific Rescarch Fund of the Ministry of Education,S ciencea nd Culture of Japan.
PY - 1990/4/15
Y1 - 1990/4/15
N2 - A Ginzburg-Landau type continuum theory is proposed for an immiscible binary fluid mixture with a surfactant. The field variables that enter are the relative concentration of the binary mixture, and the density and director fields of the surfactant. This model reduces to the sharp interface model in a certain limit. The dynamical extensions of our model are also presented, some of which may be used for the purpose of computer modelling of fluids containing amphiphiles such as microemulsions.
AB - A Ginzburg-Landau type continuum theory is proposed for an immiscible binary fluid mixture with a surfactant. The field variables that enter are the relative concentration of the binary mixture, and the density and director fields of the surfactant. This model reduces to the sharp interface model in a certain limit. The dynamical extensions of our model are also presented, some of which may be used for the purpose of computer modelling of fluids containing amphiphiles such as microemulsions.
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U2 - 10.1016/0378-4371(90)90222-E
DO - 10.1016/0378-4371(90)90222-E
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0038505994
SN - 0378-4371
VL - 164
SP - 549
EP - 563
JO - Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications
JF - Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications
IS - 3
ER -