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Marangoni convection in droplets on superhydrophobic surfaces

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 April 2009

DANIEL TAM ,
VOLKMAR von ARNIM ,
G. H. McKINLEY  and
A. E. HOSOI
DANIEL TAM*
Affiliation:
Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
VOLKMAR von ARNIM
Affiliation:
Hatsopoulos Microfluids Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
G. H. McKINLEY
Affiliation:
Hatsopoulos Microfluids Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
A. E. HOSOI
Affiliation:
Hatsopoulos Microfluids Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
*
†Email address for correspondence: dan_tam@math.mit.edu
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Abstract

We consider a small droplet of water sitting on top of a heated superhydrophobic surface. A toroidal convection pattern develops in which fluid is observed to rise along the surface of the spherical droplet and to accelerate downwards in the interior towards the liquid/solid contact point. The internal dynamics arise due to the presence of a vertical temperature gradient; this leads to a gradient in surface tension which in turn drives fluid away from the contact point along the interface. We develop a solution to this thermocapillary-driven Marangoni flow analytically in terms of streamfunctions. Quantitative comparisons between analytical and experimental results, as well as effective heat transfer coefficients, are presented.

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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 624 , 10 April 2009 , pp. 101 - 123
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2009

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