Droplet motions fill a periodic table

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Paul H SteenJoshua B Bostwick

Abstract

Drawing parallels to the symmetry breaking of atomic orbitals used to explain the periodic table of chemical elements; here we introduce a periodic table of droplet motions, also based on symmetry breaking but guided by a recent droplet spectral theory. By this theory, higher droplet mode shapes are discovered and a wettability spectrometer is invented. Motions of a partially wetting liquid on a support have natural mode shapes, motions ordered by kinetic energy into the periodic table, each table characteristic of the spherical-cap drop volume and material parameters. For water on a support having a contact angle of about 60°, the first 35 predicted elements of the periodic table are discovered. Periodic tables are related one to another through symmetry breaking into a two-parameter family tree.

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Oct 28, 2019·Soft Matter·S I Tamim, J B Bostwick
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Jan 30, 2020·NPJ Microgravity·Yi Xia, Paul H Steen
Mar 3, 2020·Chaos·Elizabeth Wesson, Paul Steen
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