A key takeaway for LeidenForce: surface wettability radically reshapes the surface–bubble–flow coupling—smaller bubbles, higher detachment frequency, stronger vortical flows.

🔗 https://journals.aps.org/prfluids/abstract/10.1103/jvxz-8mzv

#FluidDynamics #MultiphaseFlow #InterfacialFlows #LeidenfrostEffect #wettability

Some unbeleafable high-speed camera action in this study! 📹 💧🍃

'Drop impact dynamics on the hydrophobic leaf surface of an aquatic plant: a case study of Pistia stratiotes'

https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erad203

#DropImpact #LeafSurface #Leaves #Splash #Wettability