Coalescence-induced propulsion of droplets on a superhydrophilic wire

Youhua Jiang; Leyun Feng; Allison O'Donnell; Christian MacHado; Wonjae Choi; Neelesh A. Patankar; Kyoo Chul Park

doi:10.1063/5.0124560

Coalescence-induced propulsion of droplets on a superhydrophilic wire

Youhua Jiang, Leyun Feng, Allison O'Donnell, Christian MacHado, Wonjae Choi, Neelesh A. Patankar, Kyoo Chul Park^*

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Droplet transport on a cylindrical wire has applications in numerous fields such as fog collection, mist elimination, filtration, and oil/water separation. This work reports a droplet transport phenomenon on a superhydrophilic wire that shows a transient velocity powered not by the gradient of substrate geometry or wettability but primarily by the surface-to-kinetic energy transition that occurs along the axial direction upon coalescence. The transition efficiency is mainly limited by the viscous friction at the local liquid wedge, a relationship that a modified Ohnesorge number can capture.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	231602
Journal	Applied Physics Letters
Volume	121
Issue number	23
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0124560
State	Published - Dec 5 2022

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