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closeVideos available
Posted by Mietchen on 26 Sep 2012 at 05:23 GMT
video footage
http://plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0045893#pone-0045893-g002
The video footage referred to in Fig. 2 is available from http://www.public.asu.edu/~mhayes/research_interests.html (WebCite copy at http://www.webcitation.org/6AxTRfyFc ) and has been archived at http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cutting_a_water_droplet_using_a_superhydrophobic_knife_on_superhydrophobic_surfaces.ogv .
For comparison, a video of an attempt to cut a water droplet without superhydrophobic equipment is available from the same source and archived at http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Water_droplet_surviving_an_attempt_to_be_cut_by_a_knife.ogv .
Thanks to the authors for providing these additional materials.
RE: Videos available
ryanashi replied to Mietchen on 26 Sep 2012 at 14:12 GMT
Mietchen- The second video you refer to DOES use superhydrophobic equipment, it is using the same superhydrophobic blade and surface as the other video as well as the figures in the article. The difference that leads to the drop not splitting is the separation distance between the hoops is not great enough such that the drop bounces back to it's original shape after the superhydrophobic blade is lifted.
-The authors