The role of drop shape in impact and splash

Qingzhe Liu; Jack Hau Yung Lo; Ye Li; Yuan Liu; Jinyu Zhao; Lei Xu

doi:10.1038/s41467-021-23138-4

Nature Communications (May 2021)

The role of drop shape in impact and splash

Qingzhe Liu,
Jack Hau Yung Lo,
Ye Li,
Yuan Liu,
Jinyu Zhao,
Lei Xu

Affiliations

Qingzhe Liu: Department of Physics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Jack Hau Yung Lo: Department of Physics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Ye Li: CAS Key Laboratory of Quantitative Engineering Biology, Shenzhen Institute of Synthetic Biology, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yuan Liu: Department of Physics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Jinyu Zhao: Department of Physics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Lei Xu: Department of Physics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23138-4
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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The dynamics of droplet impact and splash is important in many applications, yet its analysis involves difficult intertwined aspects. Here Liu et al. make shape parametrically accessible to experiment, with ferrofluidic drops passing a magnetic field in a defined way.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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