This critical review discusses the current understanding of the formation, transport, and
merging of drops in microfluidics. We focus on the physical ingredients which determine the …

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 …

Droplet impacting on solid or liquid interfaces is a ubiquitous phenomenon in nature.
Although complete rebound of droplets is widely observed on superhydrophobic surfaces …

While the behaviour of large amounts of liquid is dictated by gravity, surface forces become
dominant at small scales. They have for example the remarkable ability to make droplets …

The development of bioinspired interfacial materials with enhanced drop mobility that mimic
the innate functionalities of nature will have a significant impact on the energy, environment …

Two-phase flow microfluidics is emerging as a popular technology for a wide range of
applications involving high throughput such as encapsulation, chemical synthesis and …

Liquid marbles are liquid drops made non-wetting by the use of a powder which coats them.
Because of the absence of a contact line, quick motions without leakage of small amounts of …

When a drop of a viscous fluid is deposited on a bath of the same fluid, it is shown that its
coalescence with this substrate is inhibited if the system oscillates vertically. Small drops lift …

The use of microfluidic drops as microreactors hinges on the active control of certain
fundamental operations such as droplet formation, transport, division and fusion. Recent …

Inviscid coalescence of drops Page 1 J. Fluid Mech. (2003), vol. 487, pp. 167–178. c 2003
Cambridge University Press DOI: 10.1017/S0022112003004646 Printed in the United Kingdom …