Bouncing-to-wetting transition of water droplets impacting soft solids

• Main Authors: Mitra, Surjyasish, Vo, Quoc, Tran, Tuan
• Other Authors: School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Science::Physics; Rupturing Dynamics; Collapsing Dynamics
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/159657
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Soft surfaces impacted by liquid droplets trap more air underneath than their rigid counterparts. The extended lifetime of the air film not only facilitates bouncing behaviours of the impacting droplets but also increases the possibility of interactions between the air film itself and the air cavity...