Droplet impact behaviours are widely applied in a variety of domains including self-cleaning,
painting and coating, corrosion of turbine blades and aircraft, separation and oil repellency …

Superhydrophobic materials can be used in various fields to optimize production and life
due to their unique surface wetting properties. However, under certain pressure and …

We report the impact dynamics of a ferrofluid droplet on a PDMS substrate in the presence of
a non-uniform magnetic field. Based on high-speed imaging, we unravel the various …

Superhydrophobic coatings and slippery liquid-infused porous surfaces (SLIPS) have
shown their potentials in self-cleaning, anti-icing, anti-erosion, and antibiofouling …

Liquid manipulation plays an increasingly critical role in daily life and future technological
processes. Although intensive attention is paid on controlling droplets, how to manipulate …

Spray formation using the droplet impact on superhydrophobic mesh surfaces is particularly
important because of its application in different industries. The present study revealed that …

Simple and smart directional transport of impacting droplets is of great significance for future
life and industry, but there are still many challenges due to complex hydrodynamics. Inspired …

Hypothesis Surface acoustic waves (SAW) propagating along a solid surface can
significantly affect the dynamics of droplet impact. Although droplet impact in presence of …

Droplet well‐controlled directional motion being an essential function has attracted much
interest in academic and industrial applications, such as self‐cleaning, micro‐/nano‐electro …

Ice accretion on economically valuable and strategically important surfaces poses significant
challenges. Current anti-/de-icing techniques often have critical issues regarding their …