Ultrafast Drop Movements Arising from Curvature Gradient

Details Ultrafast Drop Movements Arising from Curvature Gradient Ultrafast Drop Movements Arising from Curvature Gradient

2011-08-20

arxiv.org/abs/1108.4590v1

Physics

Chemical Physics

11 pages, 4 figures (supplementary information: 5 pages, 2 figures)

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We report experimental observation of a kind of fast spontaneous movements of water drops on surfaces of cones with diameters from 0.1 to 1.5 mm. The observed maximum speed (0.22 m/s) under ambient conditions were at least two orders of magnitude higher than that resulting from any known single spontaneous movement mechanism, for example, Marangoni effect due to gradient of surface tension. We trapped even higher spontaneous movement speeds (up to 125 m/s) in virtual experiments for drops on nanoscale cones by using molecular dynamics simulations. The underlying mechanism is found to be universally effective - drops on any surface either hydrophilic or hydrophobic with varying mean curvature are subject to driving forces toward the gradient direction of the mean curvature. The larger the mean curvature of the surface and the lower the contact angle of the liquid are, the stronger the driving force will be. This discovery can lead to more effective techniques for transporting droplets.

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