Wetting Splashing
Peichun Tsai, Maurice Hendrix, Remko Dijkstra, and Detlef Lohse

TL;DR
This study uses high-speed imaging to explore how water droplets impact superhydrophobic microstructured surfaces, revealing the influence of microtexture and air pressure on wetting and splashing behaviors.
Contribution
It provides new insights into how microtexture and ambient air pressure affect droplet impact dynamics on superhydrophobic surfaces.
Findings
Microtexture influences wetting and splashing patterns.
Air pressure reduction suppresses directional splashing.
Air entrapment occurs beneath impacting droplets.
Abstract
We present fluid dynamics videos illustrating wetting splashing-produced by water drop impact onto hydrophobic microstructures at high impact velocity ( ms). The substrate consists of regular and transparent microtextures in square or hexagonal lattice, yielding a high contact angle of . Our high speed top-or-bottom view recordings through the transparent surface shed light on the solid-liquid-air interfaces at impact. Despite the superhydrophobicity of the latticed micropillars (of a periodicity of $10 {\mu}m), water droplet wets a certain central area and moreover entraps an air bubble beneath the droplet. Besides the central wet area, lamella surf on air splashing outward at high impinging velocity. The effects of micropatterns and air pressure on the impact outcome are also examined. We show that microscopic boundary condition, imposed by the solid…
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Taxonomy
TopicsFluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer · Surface Modification and Superhydrophobicity · Fluid Dynamics Simulations and Interactions
