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  • Materials Science
  • Fluid Dynamics

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  • Novel solid substrates can alter wettability via external stimuli like light or electric fields.
  • Understanding droplet behavior on dynamic surfaces is crucial for microfluidic applications.

Purpose of the Study:

  • Investigate droplet dynamics on substrates with oscillating wettability.
  • Analyze fluid flow and shape changes under varying frequencies and contact angles.
  • Explore non-reciprocal shape changes and their implications for microfluidic transport.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized a boundary element method combined with the Cox-Voinov law for contact-line velocity simulation.
  • Simulated fluid flow within droplets on substrates with oscillating uniform wettability.
  • Analyzed droplet height and contact angle dynamics during oscillations.

Main Results:

  • Droplets exhibit steady oscillations after a transient phase, with amplitude decreasing as frequency increases.
  • Numerical results align with the linearized spherical-cap model for slow oscillations but deviate at higher frequencies.
  • Observed non-reciprocal droplet shape changes and induced fluid circulation, even at low frequencies.

Conclusions:

  • The study reveals non-reciprocal droplet shape dynamics not captured by simplified models.
  • Induced fluid circulation offers potential for controlled microfluidic transport of solutes.
  • Findings pave the way for designing advanced microfluidic devices with tunable internal flows.