Uploaded May 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Bounce, splash, or splat? Water droplets hitting a curved surface behave differently depending on the wettability of that surface, its diameter, and the speed of impact. This study may help pave the way toward frost-free and self-cleaning surfaces for future high-performance materials.

Reporting in Langmuir, “Droplet Impact Behavior on Convex Surfaces with a Circumferential Wettability Difference.”

Read the paper: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.langmuir.4c05316?utm_source=ext&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=IC001_ST0001D_T006554_0425_MXM_Headline_Science_Videos_2025&src=IC001_ST0001D_T006554_0425_MXM_Headline_Science_Videos_2025

(Corresponding author: Yutaka Yamada, Ph.D.)

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