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Area of Science:

  • Materials Science
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Surface Science

Background:

  • Water droplets on solidified phase change materials (PCMs) near their melting point display unique in-plane jumping and crawling motions.
  • Previous explanations for jumping drops suggested an inverted Leidenfrost-like effect due to surface melting and refreezing.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the underlying mechanisms of jumping and crawling droplet motion on solidified PCMs.
  • To elucidate the role of thermocapillary effects in droplet dynamics on phase-change surfaces.

Main Methods:

  • High-speed imaging was employed to capture the dynamic behavior of the droplets.
  • Cryogenic focused ion beam scanning electron microscopy (FIB-SEM) was used for static cross-sectional analysis of the substrate-droplet interface.

Main Results:

  • Droplet motion is primarily induced by the thermocapillary (Marangoni) effect.
  • Jumping motion occurs in two stages: millisecond-scale melting and depinning, followed by second-scale contact line relaxation after substrate freezing.
  • Continuous gliding (crawling) occurs when the substrate film fails to freeze.

Conclusions:

  • The thermocapillary effect is the dominant driver for droplet jumping and crawling on solidified PCMs.
  • The two-stage process of melting and freezing dictates the distinct jumping and crawling behaviors observed.