Droplets on liquid surfaces: Dual equilibrium states and their energy barrier

作者:Shabani Roxana; Kumar Ranganathan; Cho Hyoung J*
来源:Applied Physics Letters, 2013, 102(18): 184101.
DOI:10.1063/1.4804242

摘要

Floating aqueous droplets were formed at oil-air interface, and two stable configurations of (i) non-coalescent droplet and (ii) cap/bead droplet were observed. General solutions for energy and force analysis were obtained for both configurations and were shown to be in good agreement with the experimental observations. The energy barrier obtained for transition from configuration (i) to configuration (ii) was correlated to the droplet release height and the probability of non-coalescent droplet formation.

  • 出版日期2013-5-6