The spreading dynamics of a droplet of pure liquid deposited on a rigid, nonsoluble
substrate has been extensively investigated. In a purely hydrodynamic description, the …

When a water drop is placed onto a soft polymer network, a wetting ridge develops at the
drop periphery. The height of this wetting ridge is typically governed by the drop surface …

Abstract The classic Cassie-Baxter equation has been used for decades to describe the
equilibrium contact angle of a droplet on a partially wetted, rough substrate and inspired …

Despite intensive investigations on the droplet receding contact angle on superhydrophobic
surfaces, ie, a key parameter characterizing surface wettability and adhesion, the …

The extent to which a droplet pins on a textured substrate is determined by the dynamics of
the contact line and the liquid–vapor interface. However, the synergistic contribution of …

Mechanics studies the relationships between space, time, and matter. These relationships
can be expressed in terms of the dimensions of length, time, and mass. Each dimension …

Droplet depinning on superhydrophobic surfaces is pervasive in nature and critical to many
applications and hence has been studied extensively over the past few decades. A …

When a droplet is placed on a soft surface, surface tension deforms the substrate, creating a
capillary ridge. We study how the motion of the ridge dissipates energy in microscopic …

The capillary traction of a liquid contact line causes highly localized deformations in soft
solids, tremendously slowing down wetting and dewetting dynamics by viscoelastic braking …

Most passive droplet transport strategies rely on spatial variations of material properties to
drive droplet motion, leading to gradient-based mechanisms with intrinsic length scales that …