How Spontaneous Electrowetting and Surface Charge affect Drop Motion

DOI

Water drops sliding on hydrophobic surfaces spontaneously separate charges at their rear. It is unclear how this charge separation affects the contact angles of a sliding drop. We slide grounded and insulated drops on hydrophobic surfaces at low capillary numbers. We find that the drop charge leads to spontaneous electrowetting which decreases the contact angles. The deposited charges lead to surface charge effect and decrease the contact angle. Both phenomena compensate each other at the receding contact line, resulting in an insignificant change in receding contact angle of a sliding drop.

Identifier
DOI https://doi.org/10.17617/3.PS0PXI
Metadata Access https://edmond.mpg.de/api/datasets/export?exporter=dataverse_json&persistentId=doi:10.17617/3.PS0PXI
Provenance
Creator Berger, Ruediger
Publisher Edmond
Publication Year 2026
Funding Reference C07; BE 3286/6-1; 883631; Collaborative Research Centre 1194; DFG Priority Program 2171; European Research Council
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Contact BERGER(at)MPIP-MAINZ.MPG.DE
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Language English
Resource Type Dataset
Version 1
Discipline Other