[HTML][HTML] A perspective on the microscopic pressure (stress) tensor: History, current understanding, and future challenges

K Shi, ER Smith, EE Santiso… - The Journal of Chemical …, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
The pressure tensor (equivalent to the negative stress tensor) at both microscopic and
macroscopic levels is fundamental to many aspects of engineering and science, including …

A review of recent developments in molecular dynamics simulations of the photoelectrochemical water splitting process

N Goga, L Mayrhofer, I Tranca, S Nedea, K Heijmans… - Catalysts, 2021 - mdpi.com
In this review, we provide a short overview of the Molecular Dynamics (MD) method and how
it can be used to model the water splitting process in photoelectrochemical hydrogen …

Nanoscale sheared droplet: volume-of-fluid, phase-field and no-slip molecular dynamics

U Lācis, M Pellegrino, J Sundin, G Amberg… - Journal of Fluid …, 2022 - cambridge.org
The motion of the three-phase contact line between two immiscible fluids and a solid surface
arises in a variety of wetting phenomena and technological applications. One challenge in …

Contact-line fluctuations and dynamic wetting

JC Fernández-Toledano, TD Blake… - Journal of colloid and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Hypothesis The thermal fluctuations of the three-phase contact line formed between a liquid
and a solid at equilibrium can be used to determine key parameters that control dynamic …

Nanoscale thin-film flows with thermal fluctuations and slip

Y Zhang, JE Sprittles, DA Lockerby - Physical Review E, 2020 - APS
The combined effects of thermal fluctuations and liquid-solid slip on nanoscale thin-film
flows are investigated using stochastic lubrication equations (SLEs). The previous no-slip …

Thermal capillary waves on bounded nanoscale thin films

J Liu, C Zhao, DA Lockerby, JE Sprittles - Physical Review E, 2023 - APS
The effect of confining walls on the fluctuation of a nanoscale thin film's free surface is
studied using stochastic thin-film equations (STFEs). Two canonical boundary conditions are …

[HTML][HTML] Coupled atomistic–continuum simulations of nucleate boiling

G Gennari, ER Smith, GJ Pringle, M Magnini - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Boiling is a striking example of a multiscale process, where the dynamics of bubbles is
governed by the interplay between the molecular interactions responsible for nucleation …

The change in the wetting regime of a nanodroplet on a substrate with varying wettability: A molecular dynamics investigation

M Foroutan, F Esmaeilian, MT Rad - Physics of Fluids, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
The effect of the triple-phase contact line (TPCL) on the wetting phenomenon has been
extensively discussed during the past decade. Numerous attempts have also been made to …

Moving contact lines: Linking molecular dynamics and continuum-scale modeling

ER Smith, PE Theodorakis, RV Craster, OK Matar - Langmuir, 2018 - ACS Publications
Despite decades of research, the modeling of moving contact lines has remained a
formidable challenge in fluid dynamics whose resolution will impact numerous industrial …

The importance of reference frame for pressure at the liquid–vapour interface

ER Smith - Molecular Simulation, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
The local pressure tensor is non-unique, a fact which has generated confusion and debate
in the 70 years since the seminal work by Irving Kirkwood. This non-uniqueness is normally …