Droplet bouncing: Fundamentals, regulations, and applications

X Han, J Li, X Tang, W Li, H Zhao, L Yang, L Wang - Small, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Droplet impact is a ubiquitous phenomenon in nature, daily life, and industrial processes. It
is thus crucial to tune the impact outcomes for various applications. As a special outcome of …

Pilot-wave hydrodynamics

JWM Bush - Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics, 2015 - annualreviews.org
Yves Couder, Emmanuel Fort, and coworkers recently discovered that a millimetric droplet
sustained on the surface of a vibrating fluid bath may self-propel through a resonant …

Superhydrophobic-like tunable droplet bouncing on slippery liquid interfaces

C Hao, J Li, Y Liu, X Zhou, Y Liu, R Liu, L Che… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
Droplet impacting on solid or liquid interfaces is a ubiquitous phenomenon in nature.
Although complete rebound of droplets is widely observed on superhydrophobic surfaces …

Wettability-independent bouncing on flat surfaces mediated by thin air films

J De Ruiter, R Lagraauw, D Van Den Ende, F Mugele - Nature physics, 2015 - nature.com
The impingement of drops onto solid surfaces, plays a crucial role in a variety of processes,
including inkjet printing, fog harvesting, anti-icing, dropwise condensation and spray …

Wavelike statistics from pilot-wave dynamics in a circular corral

DM Harris, J Moukhtar, E Fort, Y Couder… - Physical Review E …, 2013 - APS
Bouncing droplets can self-propel laterally along the surface of a vibrated fluid bath by virtue
of a resonant interaction with their own wave field. The resulting walking droplets exhibit …

Drops walking on a vibrating bath: towards a hydrodynamic pilot-wave theory

J Moláček, JWM Bush - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2013 - cambridge.org
We present the results of a combined experimental and theoretical investigation of droplets
walking on a vertically vibrating fluid bath. Several walking states are reported, including …

Near-infrared-laser-navigated dancing bubble within water via a thermally conductive interface

M Hu, F Wang, L Chen, P Huo, Y Li, X Gu… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Precise manipulation of droplets or bubbles hosts a broad range of applications for
microfluidic devices, drug delivery, and soft robotics. Generally the existing approaches via …

A trajectory equation for walking droplets: hydrodynamic pilot-wave theory

AU Oza, RR Rosales, JWM Bush - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2013 - cambridge.org
We present the results of a theoretical investigation of droplets bouncing on a vertically
vibrating fluid bath. An integro-differential equation describing the horizontal motion of the …

Bouncing and coalescence dynamics during the impact of a falling drop with a sessile drop on different solid surfaces

M Abouelsoud, B Bai - Physics of Fluids, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
The dynamic of an impacting drop with a sessile drop of the same liquid on different solid
surfaces is investigated experimentally and theoretically. By controlling the surface …

Pilot-wave dynamics in a rotating frame: on the emergence of orbital quantization

AU Oza, DM Harris, RR Rosales… - Journal of Fluid …, 2014 - cambridge.org
We present the results of a theoretical investigation of droplets walking on a rotating
vibrating fluid bath. The droplet's trajectory is described in terms of an integro-differential …