3 papers
physics.flu-dyn2024
Soft Condensation
Ambre Bouillant, Christopher Henkel, Uwe Thiele +2
When moist air meets a cold surface, it creates a breath figure characterized by numerous small droplets. The central question is how the vapor flux is distributed between the grow…
physics.flu-dyn2024
Collective Effects in Breath Figures
Ambre Bouillant, Jacco H. Snoeijer, Bruno Andreotti
Breath figures are the complex patterns that form when water vapor condenses into liquid droplets on a surface. The primary question concerning breath figures is how the condensing…
cond-mat.soft2018
Dynamic solid surface tension causes droplet pinning and depinning
Mathijs van Gorcum, Bruno Andreotti, Jacco H. Snoeijer +1
The contact line of a liquid drop on a solid exerts a nanometrically sharp surface traction. This provides an unprecedented tool to study highly localised and dynamic surface defor…