Robust and durable liquid-repellent surfaces

F Chen, Y Wang, Y Tian, D Zhang, J Song… - Chemical Society …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Liquid-repellent surfaces, such as superhydrophobic surfaces, superoleophobic surfaces,
and slippery liquid-infused surfaces, have drawn keen research interest from the …

Oxygen generation using catalytic nano/micromotors

S Naeem, F Naeem, J Mujtaba, AK Shukla, S Mitra… - Micromachines, 2021 - mdpi.com
Gaseous oxygen plays a vital role in driving the metabolism of living organisms and has
multiple agricultural, medical, and technological applications. Different methods have been …

Droplet and bubble wetting behaviors: The roles of surface wettability and roughness

Y **ao, J Zheng, Y He, L Wang - Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical …, 2022 - Elsevier
Droplet and bubble wettability are important parameters for characterizing the wetting
propensity of solid surface. Recent studies have shown significant differences between the …

Influence of surface texture directionality and roughness on wettability, sliding angle, contact angle hysteresis, and lubricant entrapment capability

V Edachery, R Shashank, SV Kailas - Tribology International, 2021 - Elsevier
This work emphasizes on assessing the influence of surface texture directionality and
roughness on the lubricant wettability, flowability and entrapment capability of engineering …

Modeling and experimental analysis of surface topography generation mechanism during ultrasonic vibration-assisted grinding

Z Yang, P Zou, L Zhou, X Wang, MM Usman - Precision Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
Surface morphology is an important index to evaluate the grinding performance of grinding
wheel, and abrasive grains and grinding fluid have a great influence on the formation of …

Revisiting the supplementary relationship of dynamic contact angles measured by sessile-droplet and captive-bubble methods: Role of surface roughness

S Sarkar, T Roy, A Roy, S Moitra, R Ganguly… - Journal of colloid and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Hypothesis: Quantitative characterization of surface wettability through contact angle (CA)
measurement using the sessile droplet (SD) or captive bubble (CB) methods is often limited …

Estimation of surface free energy at microstructured surface to investigate intermediate wetting state for partial wetting model

Y Yu, D Zhang, G Nagayama - Soft Matter, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
While partial wetting at nano-/microstructured surfaces can be described using the
intermediate wetting state between the Cassie–Baxter and Wenzel states, the limitations of …

Amphiphilic hydrolyzable polydimethylsiloxane-b-poly(ethyleneglycol methacrylate-co-trialkylsilyl methacrylate) block copolymers for marine coatings. II. Antifouling …

E Guazzelli, E Martinelli, L Pelloquet, JF Briand… - Biofouling, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract Poly (dimethylsiloxane)(PDMS) elastomer coatings containing an amphiphilic
hydrolyzable diblock copolymer additive were prepared and their potential as marine …

Study of asphaltene deposition in the presence of a hydrophobic deep eutectic solvent using XDLVO theory

A Sanati, MR Malayeri, M Nategh, O Busse… - Energy & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
This study aims to theoretically investigate the performance of an ionic liquid-based
hydrophobic deep eutectic solvent (HDES), methyltrioctylammonium chloride: glycerol (1: 2) …

Influence of surface roughness frequencies and roughness parameters on lubricant wettability transitions in micro-nano scale hierarchical surfaces

V Edachery, V Swamybabu, D Adarsh, SV Kailas - Tribology International, 2022 - Elsevier
In this work, the influence of surface roughness frequencies and roughness parameters on
mixed wetting and its transitions are discussed. Sessile drop experiments were conducted …