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2026

Bipolar surface charging by evaporating water droplets

N. Singh, A. D. Ratschow, N. Aslam, D. Daniel*

arXiv preprint, arXiv:2508.08884, 2026

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Spontaneous Coulomb fissions of drops on lubricated surfaces

M. Lin, P. Zhang, A. D. Ratschow, O. Li, S. Arunachalam, D. Daniel*

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), 123(18), e2538161123, 2026

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2024

Emergent collective motion of self-propelled condensate droplets

M. Lin, P. Kim, S. Arunachalam, R. Hardian, S. Adera, J. Aizenberg, X. Yao, D. Daniel*

Physical Review Letters (PRL), 2024

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2019

Directional pumping of water and oil microdroplets on slippery surface

J. Jiang, J. Gao, H. Zhang, W. He, J. Zhang, D. Daniel, X. Yao

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), 116(7), 2019

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Mapping micron-scale wetting properties of superhydrophobic surfaces

D. Daniel, C. L. Lay, A. Sng, I. Y. Phang, X. Y. E. Ling, N. Tomczak

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), 116(50), 2019

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2018

Film dynamics and lubricant depletion by droplets moving on lubricated surfaces

M. J. Kreder, D. Daniel, A. Tetreault, Z. Cao, E. Lemaire, J. V. I. Timonen, J. Aizenberg

Physical Review X, 8, 031053, 2018

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Stable Liquid Jets Bouncing off Soft Gels

D. Daniel, X. Yao, J. Aizenberg

Physical Review Letters, 120, 028006, 2018

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2017

Oleoplaning droplets on lubricated surfaces

D. Daniel, J. V. I. Timonen, R. Li, S. J. Velling, J. Aizenberg

Nature Physics, 13, 1020–1025, 2017

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