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Capillary Bridges on Liquid-Infused Surfaces

Shek, Alvin C.M.; Semprebon, Ciro; Panter, Jack R.; Kusumaatmaja, Halim

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Authors

Alvin C.M. Shek

Ciro Semprebon

Jack R. Panter



Abstract

We numerically study two-component capillary bridges formed when a liquid droplet is placed in between two liquid-infused surfaces (LIS). In contrast to commonly studied one-component capillary bridges on noninfused solid surfaces, two-component liquid bridges can exhibit a range of different morphologies where the liquid droplet is directly in contact with two, one, or none of the LIS substrates. In addition, the capillary bridges may lose stability when compressed due to the envelopment of the droplet by the lubricant. We also characterize the capillary force, maximum separation, and effective spring force and find that they are influenced by the shape and size of the lubricant ridge. Importantly, these can be tuned to increase the effective capillary adhesion strength by manipulating the lubricant pressure, Neumann angle, and wetting contact angles. As such, LIS are not only “slippery” parallel to the surface, but they are also “sticky” perpendicular to the surface.

Citation

Shek, A. C., Semprebon, C., Panter, J. R., & Kusumaatmaja, H. (2021). Capillary Bridges on Liquid-Infused Surfaces. Langmuir, 37(2), 908-917. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.0c03220

Journal Article Type Article
Online Publication Date Jan 4, 2021
Publication Date 2021-01
Deposit Date Mar 18, 2021
Publicly Available Date Jan 4, 2022
Journal Langmuir
Print ISSN 0743-7463
Electronic ISSN 1520-5827
Publisher American Chemical Society
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 37
Issue 2
Pages 908-917
DOI https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.0c03220
Related Public URLs https://arxiv.org/abs/2012.08619

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This document is the Accepted Manuscript version of a Published Work that appeared in final form in Langmuir, copyright © American Chemical Society after peer review and technical editing by the publisher. To access the final edited and published work see [insert ACS Articles on Request author-directed link to Published Work, see https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.0c03220





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