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Sergey V Lishchuk1, Rammile Ettelaie2
1Materials and Engineering Research Institute, Sheffield Hallam University , Howard Street, Sheffield S1 1WB, U.K.
Abstract:
Deformation of a spherical droplet or bubble containing a pair of particles on its surface is considered when equal but opposite forces are applied to the particles. The particles are placed opposite each other, thus providing a symmetric problem that is more amenable to analytical treatment. We extend our previous calculations concerning such arrangements with constant contact angles to situations where it is the contact line now that is pinned on the surface of the particles. The force-displacement curves are calculated as the particles are pulled apart and are found to be linear for small displacements. However, it is also found that the "Hookean constant" for the pinned contact line problem is different from the one derived for systems with a constant contact angle, the constant being larger if the pinned line is at the equator of the particles.
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