scholarly journals An inversion of contact angle hysteresis when a liquid drop slides up on an inclined plane under the spark discharge action

2021 ◽  
Vol 33 (6) ◽  
pp. 061707
Author(s):  
Alexander E. Dubinov ◽  
Djamilya N. Iskhakova ◽  
Valeria A. Lyubimtseva
1996 ◽  
Vol 307 ◽  
pp. 167-190 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaofan Li ◽  
C. Pozrikidis

The hydrostatic shape, transient deformation, and asymptotic shape of a small liquid drop with uniform surface tension adhering to a planar wall subject to an overpassing simple shear flow are studied under conditions of Stokes flow. The effects of gravity are considered to be negligible, and the contact line is assumed to have a stationary circular or elliptical shape. In the absence of shear flow, the drop assumes a hydrostatic shape with constant mean curvature. Families of hydrostatic shapes, parameterized by the drop volume and aspect ratio of the contact line, are computed using an iterative finite-difference method. The results illustrate the effect of the shape of the contact line on the distribution of the contact angle around the base, and are discussed with reference to contact-angle hysteresis and stability of stationary shapes. The transient deformation of a drop whose viscosity is equal to that of the ambient fluid, subject to a suddenly applied simple shear flow, is computed for a range of capillary numbers using a boundary-integral method that incorporates global parameterization of the interface and interfacial regriding at large deformations. Critical capillary numbers above which the drop exhibits continued deformation, or the contact angle increases beyond or decreases below the limits tolerated by contact angle hysteresis are established. It is shown that the geometry of the contact line plays an important role in the transient and asymptotic behaviour at long times, quantified in terms of the critical capillary numbers for continued elongation. Drops with elliptical contact lines are likely to dislodge or break off before drops with circular contact lines. The numerical results validate the assumptions of lubrication theory for flat drops, even in cases where the height of the drop is equal to one fifth the radius of the contact line.


Soft Matter ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (7) ◽  
pp. 1998-2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Chen ◽  
T. Tang ◽  
H. Zhao ◽  
K.-Y. Law ◽  
A. Amirfazli

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qiao Liu ◽  
Abbasali Abouei Mehrizi ◽  
Hao Wang

2021 ◽  
Vol 923 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vanessa R. Kern ◽  
Joshua B. Bostwick ◽  
Paul H. Steen

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Biomimetics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 38
Author(s):  
Quentin Legrand ◽  
Stephane Benayoun ◽  
Stephane Valette

This investigation of morphology-wetting links was performed using a biomimetic approach. Three natural leaves’ surfaces were studied: two bamboo varieties and Ginkgo Biloba. Multiscale surface topographies were analyzed by SEM observations, FFT, and Gaussian filtering. A PDMS replicating protocol of natural surfaces was proposed in order to study the purely morphological contribution to wetting. High static contact angles, close to 135∘, were measured on PDMS replicated surfaces. Compared to flat PDMS, the increase in static contact angle due to purely morphological contribution was around 20∘. Such an increase in contact angle was obtained despite loss of the nanometric scale during the replication process. Moreover, a significant decrease of the hysteresis contact angle was measured on PDMS replicas. The value of the contact angle hysteresis moved from 40∘ for flat PDMS to less than 10∘ for textured replicated surfaces. The wetting behavior of multiscale textured surfaces was then studied in the frame of the Wenzel and Cassie–Baxter models. Whereas the classical laws made it possible to describe the wetting behavior of the ginkgo biloba replications, a hierarchical model was developed to depict the wetting behavior of both bamboo species.


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