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8 papers
Rapid Viscoelastic Spreading
Ambre Bouillant, Pim J. Dekker, Michiel A. Hack +1
We investigate the rapid spreading dynamics of a viscoelastic drop on a solid. Upon contact, surface tension drives a fast motion of the contact line along the substrate. Here, we…
The asymmetric coalescence of two droplets with different surface tensions is caused by capillary waves
Michiel A. Hack, Patrick Vondeling, Menno Cornelissen +4
When two droplets with different surface tensions collide, the shape evolution of the merging droplets is asymmetric. Using experimental and numerical techniques, we reveal that th…
When elasticity affects drop coalescence
Pim J. Dekker, Michiel A. Hack, Walter Tewes +3
The breakup and coalescence of drops are elementary topological transitions in interfacial flows. The breakup of a drop changes dramatically when polymers are added to the fluid. W…
Theory for the coalescence of viscous lenses
Walter Tewes, Michiel A. Hack, Charu Datt +2
Drop coalescence occurs through the rapid growth of a liquid bridge that connects the two drops. At early times after contact, the bridge dynamics is typically self-similar, with d…
Wetting of two-component drops: Marangoni contraction versus autophobing
Michiel A. Hack, Wojciech Kwieciński, Olinka Ramírez-Soto +4
The wetting properties of multi-component liquids are crucial to numerous industrial applications. The mechanisms that determine the contact angles for such liquids remain poorly u…
Self-Similar Liquid Lens Coalescence
Michiel A. Hack, Walter Tewes, Qingguang Xie +4
A basic feature of liquid drops is that they can merge upon contact to form a larger drop. In spite of its importance to various applications, drop coalescence on pre-wetted substr…
Printing wet-on-wet: attraction and repulsion of drops on a viscous film
M. A. Hack, M. Costalonga, T. Segers +3
Wet-on-wet printing is frequently used in inkjet printing for graphical and industrial applications, where substrates can be coated with a thin liquid film prior to ink drop deposi…
Liquid dewetting under a thin elastic film
Rafael D. Schulman, John F. Niven, Michiel A. Hack +2
We study the dewetting of liquid films capped by a thin elastomeric layer. When the tension in the elastomer is isotropic, circular holes grow at a rate which decreases with increa…