Figure 5
From: Self-jumping Mechanism of Melting Frost on Superhydrophobic Surfaces
The schematic of irregular-shaped solid/liquid mixture deforming and self-jumping. After shrinking and splitting step, the melting frost developed into an L-shaped solid/liquid mixture. In the SLS structure, the liquid bridges worked as lubricants in hinge joints, so the self-triggered deforming was most likely to occur at the liquid joints. And after the self-triggered deforming at 1,224 ms, the two arms of the L-shaped mixture were merged into a larger one, with a relatively regular shape. At this moment, a great decrease of superficial area and a great increase of velocity occurred in less than 1 ms.
