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DY: Fachverband Dynamik und Statistische Physik
DY 17: Focus: Droplets (joint session DY/CPP)
DY 17.6: Talk
Monday, March 12, 2018, 16:45–17:00, BH-N 334
Spontaneous jumping, bouncing and trampolining of hydrogel drops on a heated plate — •Doris Vollmer1, Jonathan Pham1, Sanghyuk Wooh1, Tadashi Kajiya1,2, and Hans-Jürgen Butt1 — 1Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz, Germany — 2Analysis Technology Center, Fujifilm, Nakanuma, Japan
We study the dynamics of hydrogel drops, i.e. sold drops containing up to 97% of water. Using high speed video microscopy, we demonstrate that hydrogel drops, initially at rest on a surface, spontaneously jump upon rapid heating and continue to bounce with increasing amplitudes. Jumping is governed by the surface wettability, surface temperature, hydrogel elasticity, and adhesion. A combination of low adhesion impact behavior and fast water vapor formation supports continuous bouncing and trampolining. Our results illustrate how the interplay between solid and liquid characteristics of hydrogels results in intriguing dynamics, as reflected by spontaneous jumping, bouncing, trampolining, and extremely short contact times.
J.T. Pham, M. Paven, S. Wooh, T. Kajiya, H.-J. Butt, D. Vollmer, Nat. Comm., 2017, 8, 905