Multiple scattering of surface waves by two-dimensional colloid systems

Abstract

Propagation of capillary waves along the surface of water covered by a homogeneous insoluble film has been a subject of numerous experimental and theoretical studies. However, it has been shown only recently that real surface films contain two-dimensional aggregates, which influence the characteristics of surface waves. The problem of multiple scattering of surface waves by two dimensional viscoelastic particles is considered briefly below. The results can be compared with the experimental data for condensed films with two-dimensional bubbles of gaseous phase. © 2006 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.