Droplets Capped With An Elastic Film Can Be Round, Elliptical, )r Nearly Square
Condensed Matter journal club
Droplets Capped With An Elastic Film Can Be Round, Elliptical, )r Nearly Square
- Event time: 11:30am until 12:30pm
- Event date: 11th January 2019
- Speaker: Iain Muntz (Formerly School of Physics & Astronomy, University of Edinburgh)
- Location: Room 4312, James Clerk Maxwell Building (JCMB) James Clerk Maxwell Building Peter Guthrie Tait Road Edinburgh EH9 3FD GB
Event details
We present experiments that show that the partial wetting of droplets capped by taut elastic films is highly tunable. Adjusting the tension allows the contact angle and droplet morphology to be controlled. By exploiting these elastic boundaries, droplets can be made elliptical, with an adjustable aspect ratio, and can even be transformed into a nearly square shape. This system can be used to create tunable liquid lenses and, moreover, presents a unique approach to liquid patterning.
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