Exact analytical solutions are derived for the Stokes flows within evaporating sessile drops of spherical and cylindrical cap shapes. The results are valid for all contact angles. Solutions are obtained for arbitrary evaporative flux distributions along the free surface as long as the flux is bounded at the contact line. Specific results and computations are presented for evaporation correspond...

Through confocal-like microparticle image velocimetry experiments, we reconstruct, for the first time, the three-dimensional flow field structure of the azimuthal fluid recirculation in a sessile drop induced by asymmetric surface acoustic wave radiation, which, in previous two-dimensional planar studies, has been shown to be a powerful mechanism for driving inertial microcentrifugation for mic...

Food powders often exhibit hydrophobic surface areas. To understand the effect of corresponding wettability variations on particle floating, which critically influences powder reconstitution, we studied floating glass beads after creating heterogeneity by spraying cocoa butter. Force-position curves were recorded to characterise contact line pinning. Floating particles with heterogeneities comp...

The behaviour of viscoplastic drops during formation and detachment from a capillary nozzle, free-fall, impact on a solid substrate and subsequent spreading are investigated experimentally by high-speed imaging. Drop dynamic behaviour is an integral component of many contemporary industrial processes ranging from fuelinjection systems in combustion engines to spray coating, agrochemical and pha...

The adhesion of Salmonella (S.) strains to stainless steel and polyethylene and their inactivation by biocides used in food industry was investigated. Coupons of stainless steel and polyethylene were immersed in bacterial suspensions of S. Enteritidis, S. Typhimurium, and S. Bredeney during 15, 30, and 60 minutes, and submitted to different concentrations of peracetic acid (PAA), sodium hypochl...