Abstract
A second-order drop deformation method for inferring interfacial tension between two immiscible polymers is proposed and shown to improve the accuracy of tension estimate appreciably. A small step-strain method, which uses a strong flow (capillary number >1) and short flow time ∼ O ( 0.1 s ) , is successfully developed to avoid complications caused by the surfactants for surfactant-laden drops. This method is demonstrated to give good tension estimates for a range of viscosity ratios and surface coverage.
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