Title :
Controlled adsorption of droplets onto anti-nodes of an ultrasonically vibrating needle
Author :
Li, Ning ; Hu, Jun-hui ; Zhou, Jin-juan
Author_Institution :
State Key Lab. of Mech. & Control of Mech. Struct., Nanjing Univ. of Aeronaut. & Astronaut., Nanjing, China
Abstract :
We show that droplets adsorb onto the anti-nodes of a stainless needle in flexural vibration when the needle is lifted from a layer of liquid thin film. The adsorbed liquid includes water, saline and olive oil, which cannot adsorb onto a stainless surface if the surface does not vibrate. The adsorbed droplets take on the shape of ellipsoid when the needle vibration is large enough. A physical model based on the hypothesis that sound pressure decreases the cohesive force among molecules of liquid has been proposed, which can well explain the experimental phenomena.
Keywords :
adsorption; bending; drops; liquid films; needles; oils; stainless steel; ultrasonic effects; vibrations; water; H2O; antinodes; controlled droplet adsorption; flexural vibration; liquid thin film; olive oil; physical model; saline; sound pressure; stainless needle; ultrasonically vibrating needle; water; Acoustics; Films; Force; Needles; Shape; Ultrasonic imaging; Vibrations; Cohesive force among molecules; Droplet adsorption; Ultrasound; Vibrating needle;
Conference_Titel :
Piezoelectricity, Acoustic Waves and Device Applications (SPAWDA), 2011 Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Shenzhen
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1075-8
DOI :
10.1109/SPAWDA.2011.6167179