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Peyman Rostami , Alfonso A. Castrejón‐Pita , Günter K. Auernhammer · YOU? · · 2025 · Open Access · · DOI: https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2509.12006

This study investigates the oscillation behavior of a sessile drop placed on a hydrophobic substrate subjected to vertical vibrations with varying frequencies and amplitudes. We examined the responses of both Newtonian and viscoelastic drops. For viscoelastic samples, image analysis techniques were employed to correlate the drop dynamics with the rheological properties of the material. Overall, we demonstrate that this drop-based method allows for oscillatory shear experiments at frequencies that are difficult to access using conventional rheometers. The results reveal that the essential features of the drop response can be explained by the ratio of two characteristic time scales: the internal polymer relaxation time ($t_{p}$) and the external forcing time scale ($1/f$). This ratio defines the Deborah number ($De$). When the two time scales are comparable ($De \approx 1$), viscous dissipation dominates, which is observed in Lissajous curves and the drop's profile. At very low Deborah numbers ($De \ll 1$), the drop behaves like a Newtonian fluid (having a peak around natural frequency of the drop), while at high Deborah numbers ($De \gg 1$), it exhibits an elastic response. Furthermore, we show that increasing the applied deformation drives the system into the nonlinear viscoelastic regime. In this regime, unlike traditional rheology measurements, we observe the presence of $even$ and $odd$ harmonics in the drop response. This is attributed to the inherent geometric asymmetry of the drop setup, which breaks the symmetric assumptions typically present in standard rheological techniques.

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Rheological Insights from the Oscillation Dynamics of Viscoelastic Sessile Drops

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Peyman Rostami, Alfonso A. Castrejón‐Pita, Günter K. Auernhammer

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