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Droplet Instability

Droplet Instability is a theoretical construct in fluid dynamics that characterizes the inherent tendency of a liquid droplet to undergo spontaneous morphological deformation or disintegration due to perturbations in interfacial forces, distinguished from stable droplet behavior by its sensitivity to critical thresholds in surface tension, viscosity, and external flow conditions.

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Capillary flow as the cause of ring stains from dried liquid drops

Robert D. Deegan, Olgica Bakajin, Todd F. Dupont et al. · Nature · 1997 · 6.3K citations

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Disintegration of water drops in an electric field

Geoffrey Ingram Taylor · Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences · 1964 · 3.3K citations

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The formation of emulsions in definable fields of flow

Geoffrey Ingram Taylor · Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series A Containing Papers of a Mathematical and Physical Character · 1934 · 2.4K citations · Full text

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Dripping to Jetting Transitions in Coflowing Liquid Streams

Andrew S. Utada, Alberto Fernández‐Nieves, Howard A. Stone et al. · Physical Review Letters · 2007 · 927 citations · Full text

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Is schizophrenia a neurodevelopmental disorder?

Robin Murray, Shôn Lewis · BMJ · 1987 · 890 citations · Full text

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  1. DL
    Detlef Lohse

    University of Twente, Netherlands

    10 publications · 445 citations

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    Saptarshi Basu

    Indian Institute of Science Bangalore, India

    10 publications · 263 citations

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    John W. M. Bush

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States

    9 publications · 472 citations

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    Osman A. Basaran

    Purdue University West Lafayette, United States

    9 publications · 838 citations

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  5. AF
    Alberto Fernández‐Nieves

    Georgia Institute of Technology, United States

    8 publications · 1.3K citations

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  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

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    Cambridge, United States

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    Paris, France

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    Bengaluru, India

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    42 publications

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  5. Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization

    Göttingen, Germany

    14 h-index

    27 publications

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  6. University of Twente

    Enschede, The Netherlands

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    41 publications

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  7. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

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  8. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

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  2. Physics of Fluids

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  3. Physical Review Letters

    PRL · 41 publications · 4.1K citations

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