TY - JOUR
T1 - The limit of droplet rebound angle
AU - Zhao, Zhipeng
AU - Li, Wei
AU - Hu, Xiaotian
AU - Deng, Qiyu
AU - Zhang, Yiyuan
AU - Jiang, Shaojun
AU - Sun, Pengcheng
AU - Zhu, Hengjia
AU - Li, Hegeng
AU - Shi, Siyi
AU - Huang, Zhandong
AU - Li, An
AU - Li, Huizeng
AU - Su, Meng
AU - Li, Fengyu
AU - Wang, Steven
AU - Song, Yanlin
AU - Wang, Liqiu
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2025.
PY - 2025/12
Y1 - 2025/12
N2 - Regulating the motion state of droplets after impacting on solid surfaces is crucial in many fields including self-cleaning, energy harvesting, and microfluidics. The rebound angle of the droplet is a key factor in determining its motion state. However, up until now, the limit of droplet rebound angle remains unidentified. Here, we reveal a previously undiscovered droplet rebound behavior that the droplet rolls rapidly along the surface with a rebound angle close to 0 degrees, the limit of the droplet rebound angle. Such unexpected behavior originates from the droplet behaving like two mutually perpendicular springs enabled by continuous asymmetric adhesion provided by the heterogeneous modified nanostructure. This boundary-rolling behavior of droplets contributes to scientific and technical advances in various fields that involve droplet-impact, as illustrated through examples of enhanced cleaning efficiency (improved by 349%) and well-controlled droplet transport in tortuous passages which can hardly be achieved before without external fields coupling.
AB - Regulating the motion state of droplets after impacting on solid surfaces is crucial in many fields including self-cleaning, energy harvesting, and microfluidics. The rebound angle of the droplet is a key factor in determining its motion state. However, up until now, the limit of droplet rebound angle remains unidentified. Here, we reveal a previously undiscovered droplet rebound behavior that the droplet rolls rapidly along the surface with a rebound angle close to 0 degrees, the limit of the droplet rebound angle. Such unexpected behavior originates from the droplet behaving like two mutually perpendicular springs enabled by continuous asymmetric adhesion provided by the heterogeneous modified nanostructure. This boundary-rolling behavior of droplets contributes to scientific and technical advances in various fields that involve droplet-impact, as illustrated through examples of enhanced cleaning efficiency (improved by 349%) and well-controlled droplet transport in tortuous passages which can hardly be achieved before without external fields coupling.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/105009622733
U2 - 10.1038/s41467-025-61300-4
DO - 10.1038/s41467-025-61300-4
M3 - 文章
C2 - 40592839
AN - SCOPUS:105009622733
SN - 2041-1723
VL - 16
JO - Nature Communications
JF - Nature Communications
IS - 1
M1 - 5684
ER -