Droplet Coalescence and Freezing on Hydrophilic, Hydrophobic, and Biphilic Surfaces

dc.citation.doi10.1063/1.4932050en_US
dc.citation.issue14en_US
dc.citation.jtitleApplied Physics Lettersen_US
dc.citation.spage141602en_US
dc.citation.volume107en_US
dc.contributor.authorVan Dyke, Alexander S.en_US
dc.contributor.authorCollard, Dianeen_US
dc.contributor.authorDerby, Melanie M.en_US
dc.contributor.authorBetz, Amy Rachelen_US
dc.contributor.authoreidderbymen_US
dc.contributor.authoreidarbetzen_US
dc.date.accessioned2015-11-11T18:36:03Z
dc.date.available2015-11-11T18:36:03Z
dc.date.issued2015-10-16
dc.date.published2015en_US
dc.descriptionFrost and ice formation can have severe negative consequences, such as aircraft safety and reliability. At atmospheric pressure, water heterogeneously condenses and then freezes at low temperatures. To alter this freezing process, this research examines the effects of biphilic surfaces (surfaces which combine hydrophilic and hydrophobic regions) on heterogeneous water nucleation, growth, and freezing. Silicon wafers were coated with a self-assembled monolayer and patterned to create biphilic surfaces. Samples were placed on a freezing stage in an environmental chamber at atmospheric pressure, at a temperature of 295 K, and relative humidities of 30%, 60%, and 75%. Biphilic surfaces had a significant effect on droplet dynamics and freezing behavior. The addition of biphilic patterns decreased the temperature required for freezing by 6 K. Biphilic surfaces also changed the size and number of droplets on a surface at freezing and delayed the time required for a surface to freeze. The main mechanism affecting freezing characteristics was the coalescence behavior.en_US
dc.descriptionCitation: A. Van Dyke, D. Collard, M. M. Derby and A. R. Betz, "Droplet Coalescence and Freezing on Hydrophilic, Hydrophobic, and Biphilic Surfaces," Applied Physics Letters, 107, Issue 14, 2015en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2097/20503
dc.relation.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4932050en_US
dc.rights.urihttp://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/issn/0003-6951/en_US
dc.subjectBiphilicen_US
dc.subjectdroplet coalescenceen_US
dc.subjectfreezingen_US
dc.subjectfrosten_US
dc.titleDroplet Coalescence and Freezing on Hydrophilic, Hydrophobic, and Biphilic Surfacesen_US

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