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Droplets go skiingThe droplets in this case are eutectic droplets. An eutectic is a mixture of two components that individually would both be solids, but the mixture is a liquid. Our droplets, composed of platinum and germanium, move on a heated substrate in the direction of the heat source. When we lower the temperature, they change their direction and start to ski: the droplets elongate and a solid layer is formed at the droplet – substrate interface. This solid is aligned with the substrate and determines the direction. Remarkably, this happens at a high temperature, 90 degrees above the eutectic point, where the whole droplet solidifies. Imagine skiing on ice skis at 90 °C! Below we show a video of the skiing (photo-emission electron microscopy, total duration is 2000 seconds, the field of view is 150 μm)Read more
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Droplets go skiing
ENW-M subsidie NWO voor Pantelis Bampoulis
Open Huis
Publication Physical Review Letters
End of Applied Physics module 3
PhD defence Dirk Jonker
PhD Defence Marvin Detert
PhD Defence Carolien Castenmiller
PhD Defence Martina Tsvetanova
PhD Defence Zhiguo Zhang
Harold Zandvliet's proposal ‘2D dissipationless transport in electronic kagome lattices’ has granted by NWO (November 2021).
