Substrate dependent drop deformation and wetting under high frequency vibration

We explore the peculiar steady component of a sessile drop response to MHz order vibration, found to be dependent on its initial wettability. Placed on a vibrating hydrophobic substrate, the drop elongates vertically in the direction of the incident sound wave while remaining hydrophobic. In contras...

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Veröffentlicht in:Soft matter 2011-01, Vol.7 (18), p.7976-7979
Hauptverfasser: Manor, Ofer, Dentry, Michael, Friend, James R., Yeo, Leslie Y.
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:We explore the peculiar steady component of a sessile drop response to MHz order vibration, found to be dependent on its initial wettability. Placed on a vibrating hydrophobic substrate, the drop elongates vertically in the direction of the incident sound wave while remaining hydrophobic. In contrast, the drop is seen to spread on a slightly hydrophilic substrate. We elucidate this discrepancy by revealing the competing effects between the radiation pressure exerted at the bulk air/water interface and the acoustic streaming force on the contact line, revealing the critical role of the flow in the viscous boundary layer.
ISSN:1744-683X
1744-6848
DOI:10.1039/c1sm06054f