Enhanced thermal performance of micro heat pipes through optimization of wettability gradient
Sign Up to like & getrecommendations! Published in 2018 at "Applied Thermal Engineering"
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2018.07.093
Abstract: Abstract The use of wettability gradients has emerged as a promising method of enhancing the heat transfer capacity of micro heat pipes (MHPs). In this approach, a wettability gradient is created on the inner surface… read more here.
Keywords: wettability gradient; thermal performance; wettability; heat ... See more keywords
Bioinspired functional SLIPSs and wettability gradient surfaces and their synergistic cooperation and opportunities for enhanced condensate and fluid transport.
Sign Up to like & getrecommendations! Published in 2021 at "Advances in colloid and interface science"
DOI: 10.1016/j.cis.2021.102564
Abstract: Bioinspired smart functional surfaces have received increasing attention in recent years owed to their tunable wettability and enhanced droplet transport suggesting them as excellent candidates for industrial and nanotechnology-related applications. More specifically, bioinspired slippery lubricant… read more here.
Keywords: gradient surfaces; synergistic cooperation; wettability; transport ... See more keywords
Molecular dynamics and phase field simulations of droplets on surfaces with wettability gradient
Sign Up to like & getrecommendations! Published in 2020 at "Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering"
DOI: 10.1016/j.cma.2019.112773
Abstract: Abstract To understand how the motion of a droplet on a surface can be controlled by wettability gradients is interesting in a variety of technical applications. Phase field (PF) models can be used to study such… read more here.
Keywords: wettability gradient; phase field; wettability; molecular dynamics ... See more keywords
Lattice Boltzmann simulation of droplet condensation on a surface with wettability gradient
Sign Up to like & getrecommendations! Published in 2020 at "Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science"
DOI: 10.1177/0954406219898220
Abstract: In this paper, a free energy lattice Boltzmann model of vapor condensation on a surface with a wettability gradient is developed and numerically analyzed to understand the microscopic behaviors of self-propelled droplet condensation. The effect… read more here.
Keywords: wettability gradient; droplet; droplet condensation; surface ... See more keywords