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Superstability of micrometer viscous jets surrounded by weakly-elastic viscous shells

A. Rubio-González·D. Fernández-Martínez·M. Vakili·J. M. Montanero
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Our experiments demonstrate the strong stabilizing effect of a viscoelastic shell on flow-focused viscous jets. The results suggest that stabilization occurs when the polymer viscosity, $η_p$, exceeds a critical threshold, provided the extensional relaxation time, $λ$, is large enough to allow the polymer molecules to undergo the coil-stretch transition. Under these conditions, substantial extensional viscoelastic stresses develop as the liquid accelerates. Since both $η_p$ and $λ$ increase with shell viscosity, the polymer concentration required to stabilize the viscous jet decreases accordingly. Remarkably, moderately to highly viscous jets can be stabilized with very small polymer concentrations, for which no beads-on-a-string (BOAS) instability is observed.

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A. Rubio-González, D. Fernández-Martínez, M. Vakili, J. M. Montanero. 2026-10-19. Superstability of micrometer viscous jets surrounded by weakly-elastic viscous shells. https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.26150

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