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Mechanisms in Slide Electrification of Liquid and Frozen Drops on Hydrophobic Surfaces

Rutvik Lathia, Benjamin Leibauer, Aaron D. Ratschow +2

The microscopic and fundamental origin of slide electrification, where droplets of water move across insulating surfaces accumulating and depositing electrical charges, is still de…

physics.flu-dyn2026

How Spontaneous Electrowetting and Surface Charge affect Drop Motion

Chirag Hinduja, Benjamin Leibauer, Rishi Chaurasia +5

Water drops sliding on hydrophobic surfaces spontaneously separate charges at their rear. It is unclear how this charge separation affects the contact angles of a sliding drop. We…

cond-mat.soft2025

Convection can enhance the capacitive charging of porous electrodes

Aaron D. Ratschow, Alexander J. Wagner, Mathijs Janssen +1

Charge transport in porous electrodes is foundational for modern energy storage technologies like supercapacitors, fuel cells, and batteries. Supercapacitors in particular rely sol…

physics.flu-dyn2025

Spontaneous Coulomb fissions of drops on lubricated surfaces

Marcus Lin, Peng Zhang, Aaron D. Ratschow +3

Charged water drops are more widespread than commonly acknowledged. For example, raindrops typically carry charges of order Q ~ 1 pC, while routine pipetting in the laboratory prod…

physics.flu-dyn2025

Contact line friction of bubbles

Xicheng Bao, Aaron D. Ratschow, Xiaoteng Zhou +9

Contact line friction (CLF) of bubbles is ubiquitous, from bubbles on a beer glass to H2 bubbles sliding over electrodes in electrolysis. However, a fundamental understanding of CL…

cond-mat.soft2025

Bipolar surface charging by evaporating water droplets

Nitish Singh, Aaron D. Ratschow, Nabeel Aslam +1

Surface charging is a ubiquitous phenomenon with important consequences. On one hand, surface charging underpins emerging technologies such as triboelectric nanogenerators; on the…