From sticky to slippery droplets: dynamics of contact line depinning on superhydrophobic surfaces

This study explores how surface morphology affects the dynamics of contact line depinning of an evaporating sessile droplet on micropillared superhydrophobic surfaces. The result shows that neither a liquid-solid contact area nor an apparent contact line is a critical physical parameter to determine...

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Veröffentlicht in:Physical review letters 2012-07, Vol.109 (2), p.024504-024504, Article 024504
Hauptverfasser: Xu, Wei, Choi, Chang-Hwan
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:This study explores how surface morphology affects the dynamics of contact line depinning of an evaporating sessile droplet on micropillared superhydrophobic surfaces. The result shows that neither a liquid-solid contact area nor an apparent contact line is a critical physical parameter to determine the depinning force. The configuration of a contact line on a superhydrophobic surface is multimodal, composed of both two phases (liquid and air) and three phases (liquid, solid, and air). The multimodal state is dynamically altered when a droplet recedes. The maximal three-phase contact line attainable along the actual droplet boundary is found to be a direct and linear parameter that decides the depinning force on the superhydrophobic surface.
ISSN:0031-9007
1079-7114
DOI:10.1103/physrevlett.109.024504