Directed motion of an impinging water droplet—seesaw effect
Shun Wang, Hailong Li, Hailong Li, Hu Duan, Yingtao Cui, Heng Sun, Mengjiao Zhang, Xian‐Fu Zheng, Meirong Song, He Li, He Li, Zhichao Dong, Hang Ding, Lei Jiang
Abstract
This study discovered a “seesaw effect” in the underlying physics of the directional bouncing behavior of a droplet on superhydrophobic heterogeneous surfaces, leading to projectile motion.
Topics & Concepts
Seesaw molecular geometryProjectileMotion (physics)MechanicsPhysicsClassical mechanicsParticle physicsNeutrinoQuantum mechanicsFluid Dynamics and Heat TransferSurface Modification and SuperhydrophobicityFluid Dynamics Simulations and Interactions