Fast directional transport of Leidenfrost droplets on spiked surfaces
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| author | Hu, Kai-Xin Duan, Dong-Xu Chen, Yin-Jiang Wu, Dan Chen, Qi-Sheng |
| author_facet | Hu, Kai-Xin Duan, Dong-Xu Chen, Yin-Jiang Wu, Dan Chen, Qi-Sheng |
| contents | The Leidenfrost effect enables droplets to levitate above a solid surface, significantly reducing the resistance to droplet motion. In this study, a spiked surface is utilized to achieve fast directional transport of Leidenfrost droplets, with a maximum average speed reaching 8.36 m per second over a 10 cm distance,far exceeding the previously reported maximum speeds for droplet transport. When a droplet falls onto a substrate heated above the Leidenfrost temperature, it becomes trapped between spikes and levitates. The sides and bottom surface of the droplet undergo vaporization, creating a gas film between the solid wall and the droplet. However, this gas film is unstable and prone to rupture at certain points, causing the droplet to come into contact with the solid surface. Therefore, the droplets undergo violent boiling, leading to intense compression and bursting into smaller daughter droplets, which are then propelled rapidly along the substrate. Additionally, the asymmetric geometry of the spikes ensures that droplets move unidirectionally along the longitudinal direction. This study proposes a novel droplet self-propulsion mechanism, pioneering new strategies for enhancing droplet transport speed.. |
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| spellingShingle | Fast directional transport of Leidenfrost droplets on spiked surfaces Hu, Kai-Xin Duan, Dong-Xu Chen, Yin-Jiang Wu, Dan Chen, Qi-Sheng Fluid Dynamics The Leidenfrost effect enables droplets to levitate above a solid surface, significantly reducing the resistance to droplet motion. In this study, a spiked surface is utilized to achieve fast directional transport of Leidenfrost droplets, with a maximum average speed reaching 8.36 m per second over a 10 cm distance,far exceeding the previously reported maximum speeds for droplet transport. When a droplet falls onto a substrate heated above the Leidenfrost temperature, it becomes trapped between spikes and levitates. The sides and bottom surface of the droplet undergo vaporization, creating a gas film between the solid wall and the droplet. However, this gas film is unstable and prone to rupture at certain points, causing the droplet to come into contact with the solid surface. Therefore, the droplets undergo violent boiling, leading to intense compression and bursting into smaller daughter droplets, which are then propelled rapidly along the substrate. Additionally, the asymmetric geometry of the spikes ensures that droplets move unidirectionally along the longitudinal direction. This study proposes a novel droplet self-propulsion mechanism, pioneering new strategies for enhancing droplet transport speed.. |
| title | Fast directional transport of Leidenfrost droplets on spiked surfaces |
| topic | Fluid Dynamics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.03589 |