Maximal air bubble entrainment at liquid drop impact
Maximal air bubble entrainment at liquid drop impact
At impact of a liquid drop on a solid surface, an air bubble can be entrapped. Here, we show that two competing effects minimize the (relative) size of this entrained air bubble: for large drop impact velocity and large droplets, the inertia of the liquid flattens the entrained bubble, whereas for small impact velocity and small droplets, capillary forces minimize the entrained bubble. However, we demonstrate experimentally, theoretically, and numerically that in between there is an optimum, leading to maximal air bubble entrapment. For a 1.8 mm diameter ethanol droplet, this optimum is achieved at an impact velocity of 0.25??m/s. Our results have a strong bearing on various applications in printing technology, microelectronics, immersion lithography, diagnostics, or agriculture.
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Bouwhuis, Wilco
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Winkels, Koen G.
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van der Meer, Devaraj
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26 December 2012
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van der Veen, Roeland C.A.
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Keij, Diedrick L.
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Winkels, Koen G.
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Peters, Ivo
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van der Meer, Devaraj
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Sun, Chao
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Snoeijer, Jacco H.
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Lohse, Detlef
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Bouwhuis, Wilco, van der Veen, Roeland C.A., Tran, Tuan, Keij, Diedrick L., Winkels, Koen G., Peters, Ivo, van der Meer, Devaraj, Sun, Chao, Snoeijer, Jacco H. and Lohse, Detlef
(2012)
Maximal air bubble entrainment at liquid drop impact.
Physical Review Letters, 109 (264501), .
(doi:10.1103/physrevlett.109.264501).
Abstract
At impact of a liquid drop on a solid surface, an air bubble can be entrapped. Here, we show that two competing effects minimize the (relative) size of this entrained air bubble: for large drop impact velocity and large droplets, the inertia of the liquid flattens the entrained bubble, whereas for small impact velocity and small droplets, capillary forces minimize the entrained bubble. However, we demonstrate experimentally, theoretically, and numerically that in between there is an optimum, leading to maximal air bubble entrapment. For a 1.8 mm diameter ethanol droplet, this optimum is achieved at an impact velocity of 0.25??m/s. Our results have a strong bearing on various applications in printing technology, microelectronics, immersion lithography, diagnostics, or agriculture.
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Accepted/In Press date: 23 May 2012
Published date: 26 December 2012
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Wilco Bouwhuis
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Roeland C.A. van der Veen
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Tuan Tran
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Diedrick L. Keij
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Koen G. Winkels
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Devaraj van der Meer
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Chao Sun
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Jacco H. Snoeijer
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Detlef Lohse
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