Numerical simulations and laboratory experiments show that Marangoni effects are responsible for a pushing force on a droplet interacting with a solid wall in the presence of a temperature gradient. The results clarify questions of interest in the field of material science, in particular, they may provide some explanation for the minority phase separation observed during solidification processes under microgravity conditions.
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