Exploding droplets on lubricated surfaces (VIDEO)

Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) Graduate University

Caption

This video, which won the American Physical Society’s Milton van Dyke award, explains the foundations of this research. An evaporating droplet shrinks until it reaches a point at which it explodes periodically, releasing tiny jet streams of microdroplets.

Credit

Lin et al., from APS Division of Fluid Dynamics Gallery of Fluid Motion

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