10 papers
Leidenfrost droplets: The roles of ambient humidity and internal droplet circulation
Maxim de Wildt, Andrea Prosperetti, Christian Diddens +1
A volatile droplet gently deposited on a superheated substrate can sit on a thin film of its own vapour, which prevents contact between the drop and surface. This phenomenon is cal…
Upstream motion of oil droplets in co-axial Ouzo flow due to Marangoni forces
Steffen Bisswanger, Duarte Rocha, Sebastian Dehe +4
To explore the physicochemical hydrodynamics of phase-separating ternary liquids (Ouzo-type), a binary oil-ethanol mixture is introduced into a co-flowing stream of water. Oil drop…
Symmetry Breaking in Chemical Systems: Engineering Complexity through Self-Organization and Marangoni Flows
Sangram Gore, Binaya Paudyal, Duarte Rocha +7
Far from equilibrium, chemical and biological systems can form complex patterns and waves through reaction-diffusion coupling. Fluid motion often interferes with these self-organiz…
Internal flow and concentration in neighbouring evaporating binary droplets and rivulets
Pim J. Dekker, Duarte Rocha, Christian Diddens +1
In this paper, the evaporation of neighbouring multi-component droplets or rivulets - often found in applications such as inkjet printing, spray cooling, and pesticide delivery - i…
Non-monotonic surface tension leads to spontaneous symmetry breaking in a binary evaporating drop
Christian Diddens, Pim J. Dekker, Detlef Lohse
The evaporation of water/1,2-hexanediol binary drops shows remarkable segregation dynamics, with hexanediol-rich spots forming at the rim, thus breaking axisymmetry. While the segr…
Pinning induced motion and internal flow in neighbouring evaporating multi-component drops
Pim J. Dekker, Marjolein N. van der Linden, Detlef Lohse
The evaporation of multi-component sessile droplets is key in many physicochemical applications such as inkjet printing, spray cooling, and micro-fabrication. Past fundamental rese…