Growth and wetting of water droplet condensed between micron-sized particles and substrate

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Quang, TSB
Leong, FY
An, H
Tan, BH
Ohl, CD
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We study heterogeneous condensation growth of water droplets on micron-sized particles resting on a level substrate. Through numerical simulations on equilibrium droplet profiles, we find multiple wetting states towards complete wetting of the particle. Specifically, a partially wetting droplet could undergo a spontaneous transition to complete wetting during condensation growth, for contact angles above a threshold minimum. In addition, we find a competitive wetting behavior between the particle and the substrate, and interestingly, a reversal of the wetting dependence on contact angles during late stages of droplet growth. Using quasi-steady assumption, we simulate a growing droplet under a constant condensation flux, and the results are in good agreement with our experimental observations. As a geometric approximation for particle clusters, we propose and validate a pancake model, and with it, show that a particle cluster has greater wetting tendency compared to a single particle. Together, our results indicate a strong interplay between contact angle, capillarity and geometry during condensation growth.

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Scientific Reports

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6

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1

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Biochemistry and cell biology

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Quang, TSB; Leong, FY; An, H; Tan, BH; Ohl, CD, Growth and wetting of water droplet condensed between micron-sized particles and substrate, Scientific Reports, 2016, 6 (1), pp. 30989: 1-30989: 9

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