Exploding droplets on lubricated surfaces

This video, which won the American Physical Society’s Milton van Dyke award, explains the foundations of this research. An evaporating droplet shrinks until it reaches a point at which it explodes periodically, releasing tiny jet streams of microdroplets.

Date:

24 April 2026

Creator:

catherine-hodges

Credit:

Lin et al., from APS Division of Fluid Dynamics Gallery of Fluid Motion

Copyright OIST (Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, 沖縄科学技術大学院大学). Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0).

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