Unique lift-off of droplet impact on high temperature nanotube surfaces

• Main Authors: Qiu, Lu, Jin, Jian, Sun, Lidong, Duan, Fei, Tong, Wei
• Other Authors: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Thermodynamic Processes; Metalloids
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/86879; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/44218
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

A unique liquid film lift-off during a falling water droplet impacting on a heated titanium oxide nanotube surface has been experimentally revealed through a high speed visualization system. It is suggested that the Leidenfrost point on the nanotube surface has been significantly delayed, as compare...