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Insight into Electric field-induced rupture mechanism of water-in-toluene emulsion films from a model system
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This paper presents a model, which we have designed to get insight into the development of electro- induced instability of a thin toluene emulsion film in contact with the saline aqueous phase. Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations demonstrate the role of charge accumulation in the toluene-film rupture induced by a DC electric field. Two ensembles¿NVT and NPT ¿are used to determine the critical value of the external field at which the film ruptures, the charge distribution and capacitance of the thin film, number densities, and the film structure. The rupture mechanism as seen from this model is the following: in both NVT and NPT ensembles, condenser plates, where the charge density is maximal, are situated at the very border between the bulk aqueous (water) phase and the mixed layer. No ion penetration is observed within the toluene core, thus leaving all the distribution of charges within the mixed zone and the bulk phase that could be attributed to the formation of hydration shells. When the critical electric field is reached within a certain time after the field application, electric discharge occurs indicating the beginning of the rupturing process. The MD simulations indicate that the NPT ensemble predicts a value of the critical field that is closer to the experimental finding. Published by AIP Publishing. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4983163
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DIMOVA, Desislava, PISOV, Stoyan, PANCHEV, Nikolay, NEDYALKOVA, Miroslava, MADURGA DÍEZ, Sergio, PROYKOVA, Ana. Insight into Electric field-induced rupture mechanism of water-in-toluene emulsion films from a model system. _Journal of Chemical Physics_. 2017. Vol. 146, núm. 194703-1-194703-6. [consulta: 21 de gener de 2026]. ISSN: 0021-9606. [Disponible a: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/120992]