Behavior of a water droplet impacting a thin water film
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DOI: 10.1007/s00348-021-03245-0
Abstract: The splash morphology and central jet characteristics of a water droplet impacting a thin water film were investigated for carefully controlled liquid film thicknesses of 120–700 μm using a chromatic confocal displacement sensor. The investigations studied… read more here.
Keywords: impacting thin; splash; water; film ... See more keywords
Water droplet impacting on overheated random Si nanowires
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2018.03.042
Abstract: Abstract Micro and nanostructured surfaces can significantly improve the heat transfer capability and shift the Leidenfrost temperature of impacting droplets. In this study, the effect of overheated random Si Nanowires on impacting water droplets is… read more here.
Keywords: droplet impacting; random nanowires; overheated random; water droplet ... See more keywords
A review of liquid droplet impacting onto solid spherical particles: A physical pathway to encapsulation mechanisms
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jiec.2018.11.030
Abstract: Abstract Encapsulation has received a surge of interest in the biotechnological, chemical and pharmaceutical fields and other industrial processes, owing to numerous applications such as in fluidized catalytic cracking, antenna and wire fabrication, catalytic reactions,… read more here.
Keywords: droplet impacting; liquid droplet; encapsulation; review liquid ... See more keywords
Flattening of a hollow droplet impacting a solid surface
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DOI: 10.1017/jfm.2023.182
Abstract: Abstract The interaction of a hollow droplet impacting a solid surface occurs in several applications, including controllable biomedicine and thermal spray coating. Understanding the physics of the hollow droplet spreading is the key to maintaining… read more here.
Keywords: impacting solid; droplet impacting; droplet; solid surface ... See more keywords
Lateral motion of a droplet impacting on a wettability-patterned surface: numerical and theoretical studies.
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DOI: 10.1039/d0sm01858a
Abstract: Surfaces with nonuniform wettability have attracted much attention recently due to their academic significance and applications in droplet lateral motion. In this study, numerical simulations and theoretical analyses are conducted to investigate the dynamic behaviors… read more here.
Keywords: motion; wettability patterned; impacting wettability; lateral motion ... See more keywords
Regulation of droplet impacting on superhydrophobic surfaces: Coupled effects of macrostructures, wettability patterns, and surface motion
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DOI: 10.1063/5.0147696
Abstract: Superhydrophobic surfaces have shown great application prospects due to their excellent water repellency in many applications involving fluid–surface interactions. As a ubiquitous fluid–surface interaction phenomenon, droplet impacting dynamics has a crucial effect on the application… read more here.
Keywords: patterns surface; superhydrophobic surfaces; droplet impacting; wettability patterns ... See more keywords