Pancake Jumping of Sessile Droplets

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Author(s)

  • Xuemei Chen
  • Zuankai Wang

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Original languageEnglish
Article number2103834
Journal / PublicationAdvanced Science
Volume9
Issue number7
Online published14 Jan 2022
Publication statusPublished - 4 Mar 2022

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Abstract

Rapid droplet shedding from surfaces is fundamentally interesting and important in numerous applications such as anti-icing, anti-fouling, dropwise condensation, and electricity generation. Recent efforts have demonstrated the complete rebound or pancake bouncing of impinging droplets by tuning the physicochemical properties of surfaces and applying external control, however, enabling sessile droplets to jump off surfaces in a bottom-to-up manner is challenging. Here, the rapid jumping of sessile droplets, even cold droplets, in a pancake shape is reported by engineering superhydrophobic magnetically responsive blades arrays. This largely unexplored droplet behavior, termed as pancake jumping, exhibits many advantages such as short interaction time and high energy conversion efficiency. The critical conditions for the occurrence of this new phenomenon are also identified. This work provides a new toolkit for the attainment of well-controlled and active steering of both sessile and impacting droplets for a wide range of applications.

Research Area(s)

  • bending deformation, magnetic field actuation, pancake jumping, superhydrophobic magnetically responsive blades array, CONTACT TIME, SURFACE

Citation Format(s)

Pancake Jumping of Sessile Droplets. / Qian, Chenlu; Zhou, Fan; Wang, Ting et al.
In: Advanced Science, Vol. 9, No. 7, 2103834, 04.03.2022.

Research output: Journal Publications and ReviewsRGC 21 - Publication in refereed journalpeer-review

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