Droplets leap into action

Doris Vollmer () and Hans-Jürgen Butt ()
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Doris Vollmer: Doris Vollmer and Hans-Jürgen Butt are at the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz 55128, Germany.
Hans-Jürgen Butt: Doris Vollmer and Hans-Jürgen Butt are at the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz 55128, Germany.

Nature, 2015, vol. 527, issue 7576, 41-42

Abstract: What could cause a water droplet to start bouncing on a surface? It seems that a combination of evaporation and a highly water-repellent surface induces droplet bouncing when ambient pressure is reduced. See Letter p.82

Date: 2015
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