"Frost spreading and pattern formation on microstructured surfaces" by Lukas Hauer, William S.Y. Wong et al.
 

Frost spreading and pattern formation on microstructured surfaces

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

10-1-2021

Abstract

Frost is found in nature as a symphony of nucleation and heat and mass transport, cascading from angstroms to several meters. Here, we use laser-induced fluorescence microscopy to investigate the pattern formation of frost growth in experiments which tune the mesoscopic length scale by using microstructured pillar arrays as a frost condenser surface. By controlling the degree of surface supercooling and the amount of condensate, different modes of frost patterning are uncovered, ranging from complete surface coverage to fractal-looking and limited-coverage structures of spiky appearance.

Identifier

85116863739 (Scopus)

Publication Title

Physical Review E

External Full Text Location

https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.104.044901

e-ISSN

24700053

ISSN

24700045

PubMed ID

34781430

Issue

4

Volume

104

Grant

722497

Fund Ref

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft

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