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Area of Science:

  • Soft Matter Physics
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Surface Science

Background:

  • Wetting on rigid surfaces is well-understood, but soft elastic substrates present unique challenges due to elastocapillary interactions.
  • Previous models were limited to single contact lines or droplets, hindering the study of complex systems.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a reduced long-wave model for soft wetting applicable to ensembles of droplets.
  • To capture the main qualitative features of soft wetting statics and dynamics.
  • To investigate phenomena beyond single droplets, such as coarsening.

Main Methods:

  • Formulation of a reduced long-wave model based on gradient dynamics.
  • Inclusion of free energy terms for capillarity, wettability, and compressional elasticity.
  • Analysis of equilibrium contact angles, single drop spreading dynamics, and droplet coarsening.

Main Results:

  • The model reproduces the double transition in equilibrium contact angles with increasing substrate softness.
  • It accurately captures the dynamic contact angle dependencies on contact line velocity for single drops.
  • The study reveals a nontrivial change in the dominant coarsening mode with substrate softness for multi-drop systems.

Conclusions:

  • The proposed model offers a versatile tool for studying soft wetting phenomena across various scales.
  • It successfully bridges the gap between single-droplet behavior and collective droplet dynamics on soft substrates.
  • The findings provide new insights into the influence of substrate elasticity on wetting and droplet interactions.