Morphology and stability of droplets sliding on soft viscoelastic substrates

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Main Authors: Oléron, Mathieu, Limat, Laurent, Dervaux, Julien, Roché, Matthieu
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Published: 2023
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author Oléron, Mathieu
Limat, Laurent
Dervaux, Julien
Roché, Matthieu
author_facet Oléron, Mathieu
Limat, Laurent
Dervaux, Julien
Roché, Matthieu
contents We show that energy dissipation partition between a liquid and a solid controls the shape and stability of droplets sliding on viscoelastic gels. When both phases dissipate energy equally, droplet dynamics is similar to that on rigid solids. When only the solid dissipate, we observe an apparent contact angle hysteresis, of viscoelastic origin. We find excellent agreement between our data and a non-linear model of the wetting of gels of our own that also indicates the presence of significant slip. Our work opens general questions on the dynamics of curved contact lines on compliant substrates.
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spellingShingle Morphology and stability of droplets sliding on soft viscoelastic substrates
Oléron, Mathieu
Limat, Laurent
Dervaux, Julien
Roché, Matthieu
Soft Condensed Matter
Materials Science
Fluid Dynamics
We show that energy dissipation partition between a liquid and a solid controls the shape and stability of droplets sliding on viscoelastic gels. When both phases dissipate energy equally, droplet dynamics is similar to that on rigid solids. When only the solid dissipate, we observe an apparent contact angle hysteresis, of viscoelastic origin. We find excellent agreement between our data and a non-linear model of the wetting of gels of our own that also indicates the presence of significant slip. Our work opens general questions on the dynamics of curved contact lines on compliant substrates.
title Morphology and stability of droplets sliding on soft viscoelastic substrates
topic Soft Condensed Matter
Materials Science
Fluid Dynamics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2304.04925