Abstract
We report the results of comprehensive experiments and numerical calculations of interfacial morphologies of water confined to the hydrophilic top face of rectangular posts of width W = 500 μm and lengths between L = 5W and 30W. A continuous evolution of the interfacial shape from a homogeneous liquid filament to a bulged filament and back is observed during changes in the liquid volume. Above a certain threshold length of L* = 16.0W, the transition between the two morphologies is discontinuous and a bistability of interfacial shapes is observed in a certain interval of the reduced liquid volume V/W3.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 13919-13923 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Langmuir |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue number | 39 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2 Oct 2012 |