Drops onto gradients of texture
Reyssat, M.; Pardo, F.; Quéré, D.; Reyssat, M.; Physique et Mécanique des Milieux Hétérogènes, UMR 7636 du CNRS, ESPCI - 10 rue Vauquelin, 75005 Paris, France, EU; Pardo, F.; Laboratoire de Photonique et Nanostructures, UPR 20 du CNRS - Route de Nozay, 91460 Marcoussis, France, EU; Quéré, D.; Physique et Mécanique des Milieux Hétérogènes, UMR 7636 du CNRS, ESPCI - 10 rue Vauquelin, 75005 Paris, France, EU
Журнал:
EPL (Europhysics Letters)
Дата:
2009-08-01
Аннотация:
Hydrophobic microtextures on solids provide water repellency: drops hardly stick on these materials and bounce off after impacts. Here we achieved solids decorated with a texture of variable density. Impacting water drops were observed to bounce off obliquely, demonstrating a transfer of vertical momentum in the horizontal direction, after rebound. This allows us to understand why vibrated drops move on such surface: an asymmetric dewetting takes place for each cycle of the vibration, which leads to an incremental drift of the liquid towards regions of high texture density.
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