Fundamental fluid dynamics challenges in inkjet printing

D Lohse - Annual review of fluid mechanics, 2022 - annualreviews.org
Inkjet printing is the most widespread technological application of microfluidics. It is
characterized by its high drop productivity, small volumes, and extreme reproducibility. This …

Evaporation-driven liquid flow in sessile droplets

H Gelderblom, C Diddens, A Marin - Soft matter, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The evaporation of a sessile droplet spontaneously induces an internal capillary liquid flow.
The surface-tension driven minimisation of surface area and/or surface-tension differences …

Three-dimensional mirror-assisted and concave pyramid-shaped solar–thermal steam generator for highly efficient and stable water evaporation and brine …

MH Sun, C Li, J Liu, P Min, ZZ Yu… - ACS Applied Materials & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Although significant advances have been achieved in develo** solar-driven water
evaporators for seawater desalination, there is still room for simultaneously enhancing water …

[HTML][HTML] Competition between thermal and surfactant-induced Marangoni flow in evaporating sessile droplets

RT Van Gaalen, HMA Wijshoff, JGM Kuerten… - Journal of colloid and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Hypothesis Thermal Marangoni flow in evaporating sessile water droplets is much
weaker in experiments than predicted theoretically. Often this is attributed to surfactant …

Magnetowetting dynamics of sessile ferrofluid droplets: a review

R Deb, B Sarma, A Dalal - Soft Matter, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The fascinating behavior of ferrofluids in a magnetic field has been intriguing researchers for
many years. With the advancement in digital microfluidics, ferrofluid droplets have been …

On evaporation dynamics of an acoustically levitated multicomponent droplet: Evaporation-triggered phase transition and freezing

H Zeng, Y Wakata, X Chao, M Li, C Sun - Journal of Colloid and Interface …, 2023 - Elsevier
Hypothesis Multi-component droplet evaporation has received significant attention in recent
years due to the broad range of applications such as material science, environmental …

Marangoni flow and surfactant transport in evaporating sessile droplets: A lattice Boltzmann study

J Farhadi, V Bazargan - Physics of Fluids, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
The circulatory Marangoni flow can alter the contact line deposition in evaporating colloidal
droplets with pinned contact line. Marangoni flow can be induced by surfactants or thermal …

Postponement of dynamic Leidenfrost phenomenon during droplet impact of surfactant solutions

GVVSV Prasad, P Dhar, D Samanta - … Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2022 - Elsevier
In this article, a novel method of increasing the dynamic Leidenfrost temperature T DL is
proposed by adding both anionic (SDS) and cationic (CTAB) surfactants to water droplets …

Characterizing the Microparticles Deposition Structure and its Photonic Nature in Surfactant-Laden Evaporating Colloidal Sessile Droplets

A Tiwari, SJ Lee, DK Garg, S Shin, AK Thokchom - Langmuir, 2024 - ACS Publications
This work presents a simple method to create photonic microstructures via the natural
evaporation of surfactant-laden colloidal sessile droplets on a flat substrate. In the absence …

Evaporative self-assembly in colloidal droplets: Emergence of ordered structures from complex fluids

W Li, C Zhang, Y Wang - Advances in Colloid and Interface Science, 2024 - Elsevier
Colloidal droplet evaporation is an intriguing and intricate phenomenon that has captured
the interest of scientists across diverse disciplines, including physical chemistry, fluid …