Rebounding hydrogel sphere water entry

Very satisfying to work with Xiaoyan Ye – who did all the heavylifting here – on this topic of how soft particles have a different way of impacting a “soft” water-air interface.

Xiaoyan Ye, Kaizhao Qin, Rui Yang, Joshua A. Dijksman — Journal of Fluid Mechanics 1013 (2025)

10.1017/jfm.2025.10207