Freezing of a Liquid Marble
Soft Condensed Matter
2012-07-05 v1
Abstract
In this study, we present for the first time the observations of a freezing liquid marble. In the experiment, liquid marbles are gently placed on the cold side of a Thermo-Electric Cooler (TEC) and the morphological changes are recorded and characterized thereafter. These liquid marbles are noticed to undergo a shape transition from a spherical to a flying-saucer shaped morphology. The freezing dynamics of liquid marbles is observed to be very different from that of a freezing water droplet on a superhydrophobic surface. For example, the pointy tip appearing on a frozen water drop could not be observed for a frozen liquid marble. In the end, we highlight a possible explanation for the observed morphology.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1207.0848,
title = {Freezing of a Liquid Marble},
author = {Ali Hashmi and Adam Strauss and Jie Xu},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1207.0848},
year = {2012}
}