[HTML][HTML] Predicting the effects of environmental parameters on the spatio-temporal distribution of the droplets carrying coronavirus in public transport–A machine …

M Mesgarpour, JMN Abad, R Alizadeh… - Chemical Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
Human-generated droplets constitute the main route for the transmission of coronavirus.
However, the details of such transmission in enclosed environments are yet to be …

Photothermal-Driven Droplet Manipulation: A Perspective

Y Yang, P Jiang, H Li, W Li, D Li, X Yan… - The Journal of …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Optofluidics, which utilizes the interactions between light and fluids to realize various
functions, has garnered increasing attention owing to the advantages of operational …

Modeling evaporation of water droplets as applied to survival of airborne viruses

LA Dombrovsky, AA Fedorets, VY Levashov… - Atmosphere, 2020 - mdpi.com
Many viruses, such as coronaviruses, tend to spread airborne inside water microdroplets.
Evaporation of the microdroplets may result in a reduction of their contagiousness. However …

Stabilization of levitating clusters containing saltwater droplets

AA Fedorets, DN Medvedev, VY Levashov… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
The influence of salt (NaCl) dissolved in water on the behavior of levitating droplet clusters,
including the formation of equilibrium clusters from saline water droplets during their infrared …

Self-stabilization of droplet clusters levitating over heated salt water

AA Fedorets, DV Shcherbakov, VY Levashov… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
When the water surface is heated locally, a self-ordered regular cluster of levitating droplets
is formed above it. A condensational growth of water droplets leads to coalescence of the …

A new method for precise optical measurements of the sub-micron height of levitation of droplet clusters

AA Fedorets, EE Kolmakov, LA Dombrovsky - Particuology, 2024 - Elsevier
Droplet clusters levitating over the locally heated water surface are considered a very
promising phenomenon of microfluidics for the potential use of the droplets as unique …

The modeling of transient phase changes of water droplets in flue gas flow in the range of temperatures characteristic of condensing economizer technologies

G Miliauskas, E Puida, R Poškas, P Poškas, A Balčius… - Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Heat transfer and phase change processes of water droplets in humid air flow were
investigated by performing experiments and numerical simulations of heat recovery from …

Thermal conditions for the formation of self-assembled cluster of droplets over the water surface and diversity of levitating droplet clusters

AA Fedorets, LA Dombrovsky, DV Shcherbakov… - Heat and Mass …, 2024 - Springer
The effect of temperature profile of the surface of a water layer on the formation and
geometrical structure of a cluster of levitating droplets is studied in a series of laboratory …

Hierarchical liquid marbles formed using floating hydrophobic powder and levitating water droplets

PK Roy, BP Binks, S Shoval, LA Dombrovsky… - Journal of Colloid and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Hypothesis Liquid marbles ie droplets coated by hydrophobic particles may be formed not
only on the solid substrates but also on the floating layers of hydrophobic powders such as …

Fluorescence profiles of water droplets in stable levitating droplet clusters

AA Fedorets, EE Kolmakov, DN Medvedev… - Physical Chemistry …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Clusters of nearly identical water microdroplets levitating over a locally heated water layer
are considered. The high-resolution and high-speed fluorescence microscopy showed that …