Capillary Bridges on Liquid-Infused Surfaces

Shek, Alvin C. M., Semprebon, Ciro, Panter, Jack R. and Kusumaatmaja, Halim (2021) Capillary Bridges on Liquid-Infused Surfaces. Langmuir, 37 (2). pp. 908-917. ISSN 0743-7463

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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.0c03220

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.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Morphology, Interfaces, Contact angle, Liquids, Wetting
Subjects: F200 Materials Science
F300 Physics
Department: Faculties > Engineering and Environment > Mathematics, Physics and Electrical Engineering
Depositing User: John Coen
Date Deposited: 07 Jan 2021 09:54
Last Modified: 04 Jan 2022 03:30
URI: http://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/45142

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