Kinetic drop friction

Authors: Xiaomei Li, Francisco Bodziony, Mariana Yin, Holger Marschall, Rüdiger Berger, Hans-Jürgen Butt

Published: 2023-07-29

DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-40289-8

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Abstract

AbstractLiquid drops sliding on tilted surfaces is an everyday phenomenon and is important for many industrial applications. Still, it is impossible to predict the drop’s sliding velocity. To make a step forward in quantitative understanding, we measured the velocity $$(U)$$