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ArticleThe European physical journal. E, Soft matter2026

Scaling laws governing droplet spreading and merging dynamics on solid surfaces: a molecular simulation study.

Ertiza Hossain Shopnil, Jahid Emon, Md Nadeem Azad, A K M Monjur Morshed

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Ertiza Hossain ShopnilDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, 24061, USA.
Jahid EmonDepartment of Mechanical Science and Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA. jemon2@illinois.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0009-3250-9016
Md Nadeem AzadDepartment of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, 46556, USA.
A K M Monjur MorshedDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), Dhaka, Bangladesh.

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This study employs molecular dynamics simulations to investigate droplet dynamics when a stationary droplet on a solid surface is struck by another droplet of similar size from above. The focus is on the jumping behavior of the merged droplet and the associated energy conversion. The process is primarily controlled by the amount of energy converted into kinetic energy after dissipation. At high impact velocities, the energy conversion efficiency becomes constant, with only about 1% lost due to surface adhesion-an effect that diminishes with increasing velocity. Factors such as impact velocity, droplet size, surface texture, and wettability significantly influence the jumping velocity. Scaling laws are developed for the maximum spreading time, spreading factor, and restitution coefficient based on the Weber (We) and Reynolds (Re) numbers, which differ from those for single droplet impacts. On superhydrophobic surfaces, the spreading time is approximated as

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