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The emphasis of this study is on the ejection of single droplets of a certain size under pulsed ultrasound. Droplet ejection from an interface of two immiscible liquids in this mode, which differs from the well-known ultrasonic fountain (where liquid droplets arise spontaneously), has been experimentally implemented and investigated. The spatial and time evolution of the interface deformation and violation of interface integrity, caused by pulsed acoustic radiation pressure, has been recorded with a high-speed video camera. It is shown that, depending on the ultrasound intensity, three characteristic modes of interface response can be distinguished. In the first (low-intensity)mode, the interface undergoes forced oscillations, without violation of its integrity. In the second (intermediate-intensity) mode, which is in the focus of our study, the interface integrity is violated due to the ejection of a single droplet of a certain size; the latter continuously changes its shape when moving in the second liquid. In the third (high-intensity) mode, the predictable ejection of droplets of a predictable size turns into stochastic ejection of multiple droplets with unpredictable sizes. The dependence of the sizes of single droplets on the parameters of focused ultrasound beam have been measured in the second (stable) mode of ultrasound ejection. Based on these measurements, the range of ultrasound parameters providing controlled generation of single droplets of a specified size is estimated. Differences in the dynamics of interface motion and specific features of droplet generation for the liquid/liquid interface in comparison with the liquid/gas interface are indicated. Possible applications of the observed effects are discussed.
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Brysev, A.P., Zoueshtiagh, F., Pernod, P. et al. Droplet ejection from an interface between two immiscible liquids under pulsed ultrasound. Phys. Wave Phen. 24, 238–244 (2016). https://doi.org/10.3103/S1541308X16030080
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