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Motion of a drop driven by substrate vibrations

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We report an experimental study of liquid drops moving against gravity, when placed on a vertically vibrating inclined plate, which is partially wet by the drop. Frequency of vibrations ranges from 30 to 200 Hz, and above a threshold in vibration acceleration, drops experience an upward motion. We attribute this surprising motion to the deformations of the drop, as a consequence of an up/down symmetry-breaking induced by the presence of the substrate. We relate the direction of motion to contact angle measurements.

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  1. Laboratoire de Mécanique de Lille, UMR CNRS 8107, Boulevard Paul Langevin, 59655, Villeneuve d’Ascq Cedex, France

    P. Brunet

  2. Department of Physics & Center for the Study of Complex Systems, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA

    R. D. Deegan

  3. Department of Mathematics, University of Bristol, University Walk, BS8 1, TW Bristol, UK

    J. Eggers

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Brunet, P., Eggers, J. & Deegan, R. Motion of a drop driven by substrate vibrations. Eur. Phys. J. Spec. Top. 166, 11–14 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjst/e2009-00870-6

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