Oscillatory motion of viscoelastic drops on slippery lubricated surfaces

Water droplets move smoothly at a constant speed down an inclined tilted slippery lubricated surface. Here, droplets of polymer fluids are shown to exhibit for the same homogenous surface an oscillatory motion down the slope due to the viscoelastic properties of the solutions.

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Main Authors: Paolo Sartori, Davide Ferraro, Marco Dassie, Alessio Meggiolaro, Daniele Filippi, Annamaria Zaltron, Matteo Pierno, Giampaolo Mistura
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-04-01
Series:Communications Physics
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s42005-022-00862-x
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description Water droplets move smoothly at a constant speed down an inclined tilted slippery lubricated surface. Here, droplets of polymer fluids are shown to exhibit for the same homogenous surface an oscillatory motion down the slope due to the viscoelastic properties of the solutions.
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spelling doaj.art-5cf572e3819a442599d0170727e460ec2022-12-22T03:13:37ZengNature PortfolioCommunications Physics2399-36502022-04-01511710.1038/s42005-022-00862-xOscillatory motion of viscoelastic drops on slippery lubricated surfacesPaolo Sartori0Davide Ferraro1Marco Dassie2Alessio Meggiolaro3Daniele Filippi4Annamaria Zaltron5Matteo Pierno6Giampaolo Mistura7Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia “G. Galilei”, Università di PadovaDipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia “G. Galilei”, Università di PadovaDipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia “G. Galilei”, Università di PadovaDipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia “G. Galilei”, Università di PadovaDipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia “G. Galilei”, Università di PadovaDipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia “G. Galilei”, Università di PadovaDipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia “G. Galilei”, Università di PadovaDipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia “G. Galilei”, Università di PadovaWater droplets move smoothly at a constant speed down an inclined tilted slippery lubricated surface. Here, droplets of polymer fluids are shown to exhibit for the same homogenous surface an oscillatory motion down the slope due to the viscoelastic properties of the solutions.https://doi.org/10.1038/s42005-022-00862-x
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Communications Physics
title Oscillatory motion of viscoelastic drops on slippery lubricated surfaces
title_full Oscillatory motion of viscoelastic drops on slippery lubricated surfaces
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title_full_unstemmed Oscillatory motion of viscoelastic drops on slippery lubricated surfaces
title_short Oscillatory motion of viscoelastic drops on slippery lubricated surfaces
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