Leidenfrost droplet trampolining

Graeber, G; Regulagadda, K; Hodel, P; Kuttel, C; Landolf, D; Schutzius, TM; Poulikakos, D

Schutzius, TM; Poulikakos, D (corresponding author), Swiss Fed Inst Technol, Dept Mech & Proc Engn, Lab Thermodynam Emerging Technol, Zurich, Switzerland.; Schutzius, TM (corresponding author), Swiss Fed Inst Technol, Dept Mech & Proc Engn, Lab Multiphase Thermofluid & Surface Nanoengn, Zurich, Switzerland.

NATURE COMMUNICATIONS, 2021; 12 (1):

Abstract

A liquid droplet dispensed over a sufficiently hot surface does not make contact but instead hovers on a cushion of its own self-generated vapor. Sinc......

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