Growth and control of suspended ice bridges during sessile droplet freezing
Nenad Miljkovic
Nature Physics, Published online: 28 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s41567-026-03296-2 Frost propagation on surfaces is accelerated by the growth of in-plane ice fragments that connect supercooled sessile droplets. Now a competing phenomenon involving suspended out-of-plane ice bridges that decelerate frost propagation is reported.