The role of drop shape in impact and splash

The dynamics of droplet impact and splash is important in many applications, yet its analysis involves difficult intertwined aspects. Here Liu et al. make shape parametrically accessible to experiment, with ferrofluidic drops passing a magnetic field in a defined way.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Qingzhe Liu, Jack Hau Yung Lo, Ye Li, Yuan Liu, Jinyu Zhao, Lei Xu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021-05-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23138-4