Marangoni Blossom
Alireza Hooshanginejad, Cornell University
Omar K. Matar, Imperial College London
Sunghwan Jung, Cornell University
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When a drop of water spreads over a bath of glycerin, the miscible interface between water and glycerin becomes unstable. As fingers grow at the moving front, an inward Marangoni flow gives rise to a unique pattern formation.
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