| Literature DB >> 35037429 |
Suwan Zhu1, Tao Wu2, Yucheng Bian1, Chao Chen1, Yiyuan Zhang1, Jiawen Li1, Dong Wu1, Yanlei Hu1, Jiaru Chu1, Erqiang Li2, Zuankai Wang3,4.
Abstract
The formation of a stable gas cavity on the surfaces of solid bodies is essential for many practical applications, such as drag reduction and energy savings, owing to the transformation of the originally sticky solid-liquid interface into a free-slip liquid-vapor interface by the creation of either liquid repellency or a Leidenfrost state on the surfaces. Here, it is shown that the simple infusion of a textured sphere with a smooth, slippery liquid layer can more easily create and sustain a stable gas cavity in a liquid at lower impact velocities compared to a dry solid sphere with the same contact angle. With a key parameter of curvature ratio, the early lamella dynamics during water entry of spheres and drops impact on planes are first unified. With the perspective of wetting transition, the unforeseen phenomenon of prone to cavity formation are successfully explained, which is the preferential lamella detachment from a slippery surface due to the higher viscosity of the lubricant relative to air. It is envisioned that the findings will provide an important and fundamental contribution to the quest for energy-efficient transport.Entities:
Keywords: cavity formation; drag reduction; droplet impact; slippery surfaces; water entry
Year: 2022 PMID: 35037429 PMCID: PMC8895157 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202103568
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Adv Sci (Weinh) ISSN: 2198-3844 Impact factor: 16.806
Figure 1Distinct water entry behaviors between hydrophobic and SLIPS spheres. a) Schematic illustration of the SLIPS sphere fabrication process. b) Water entry of a hydrophobic sphere at an impact velocity of U = 3.0 m s−1. The right side of the figure shows a wide view of the sphere underneath the water surface. No cavity is produced for this hydrophobic sphere. c) Water entry of a SLIPS sphere at U = 3.0 m s−1. The right side of the figure shows the steady‐state gas cavity formed around the SLIPS sphere. The scale bars are 5 mm. Here, the equilibrium water contact angle on hydrophobic spheres is 110°, the same as that on SLIPS spheres.
Figure 2Early lamella evolution for water entry of hydrophobic/SLIPS spheres and water droplets impacting hydrophobic/SLIPS planes and spheres. a) The lamella climbed up along the hydrophobic sphere surface, while it detached from the SLIPS sphere for the same sphere impact velocity of 2.0 m s−1. Shown at time t = 947µs relative to first contact. The scale bar is 2 mm. b) The lamella spread along the hydrophobic plane, while it detached from the SLIPS plane and invaded air for the same droplet impact velocity of 2.0 m s−1 and droplet radius r 2 = 1.75 mm. Shown at time t = 382µs relative to first contact. The scale bar is 250 µm. c) Schematic of droplets impact on spheres. r c = θ 0 r 1 is the half arc length of the wetted spherical cap. d) The radius of the contact line varied with time and radius ratio α. ■: α = 5.38, •: α = 2.86, ▲: α = 1.61, ▼: α = 0.86, ✦: α ≈ ∞, and ★ represents the water droplet impact on 0.65 cSt silicone oil‐infused surfaces.
Figure 3Threshold for lamella detachment and cavity formation. a) Schematic of the dewetting process of a water drop impacting a SLIPS surface with a viscosity ratio R = μ l/μ f. b) Critical capillary number Ca c for lamella detachment in water droplets impacting SLIPS planes. c) Regime map showing the region where cavities were produced, for water entry of SLIPS spheres. Here, silicone oils of different viscosities were used as lubricants. Solid symbols represent the experimental data and the solid line represents our asymptotic solution from Equation (2).
Figure 4Effects of α and dimensionless lubricant layer thickness δ* on cavity formation. a) Negligible dependence of Ca c on α. b) Inconspicuous change in threshold impact speed U for cavity formation, with a two times change in dimensionless lubricant layer thickness δ* in the water entry of hydrophobic and SLIPS spheres. Perfluorinated fluid FC‐3283 was used as the lubricant.
Figure 5Cavity formation and drag reduction performance of hydrophobic and SLIPS spheres in water. a) Cavity configurations of hydrophobic and SLIPS spheres in water. The two spheres have the same impact speed of 4.5 m s−1, and reach the same terminal speed of 1.77 m s−1. The scale bars are 5 mm. b) Relation between the drag coefficient C D and the Reynolds number Re for hydrophobic and SLIPS spheres in water.
Physical property of the liquids used in the experiment at 20 °C
| Density | Surface | Dynamic | |
|---|---|---|---|
|
| tension | viscosity | |
| [kg m−3] | (mN m−1] | [mPa s] | |
| Air | 1.20 | — | 0.018 |
| Water | 998 | 72.9 | 1.0 |
| FC‐3283 | 1830 | 16.0 | 1.5 |
| 0.65 cSt silicone oil | 761 | 15.9 | 0.49 |
| 1 cSt silicone oil | 818 | 17.4 | 0.82 |
| 1.5 cSt silicone oil | 851 | 18.0 | 1.3 |
| 2 cSt silicone oil | 873 | 18.7 | 1.7 |
| 5 cSt silicone oil | 918 | 19.7 | 4.6 |
| 10 cSt silicone oil | 935 | 20.1 | 9.4 |
| 20 cSt silicone oil | 950 | 20.6 | 19 |