Reducing the contact time of a bouncing drop

James C. Bird, Rajeev Dhiman, Hyuk-Min Kwon and Kripa K. Varanasi ()
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James C. Bird: Boston University
Rajeev Dhiman: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Hyuk-Min Kwon: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Kripa K. Varanasi: Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Nature, 2013, vol. 503, issue 7476, 385-388

Abstract: There are many uses for surfaces that can stay dry, self-clean or resist icing, and many applications benefit from minimizing the contact time between a surface and any drops that may come into contact with it; drops are now shown to bounce off faster when using a superhydrophobic surface with a morphology that redistributes the liquid mass so that the centre of the drop assists in the recoil.

Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1038/nature12740

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