Evaporation of sessile droplets containing non-volatile solutes dispersed in a volatile solvent
leaves behind ring-like solid stains. As the volatile species evaporates, pinning of the …

Omniphobic surfaces found in nature have great potential for enabling novel and emerging
products and technologies to facilitate the daily life of human societies. One example is the …

We theoretically investigate the apparent contact angle and contact angle hysteresis of a
droplet placed on a liquid infused surface. We show that the apparent contact angle is not …

The directional light-induced mass migration phenomenon arising in the photoresponsive
azobenzene-containing materials has become an increasingly used approach for the …

Steam condensation is a ubiquitous phenomenon of phase change that can be encountered
in various industrial applications. In practice, the presence of non-condensable gases (NCG) …

While wicking or spreading of a liquid through microstructures has been found to be
promising for applications such as textiles, microelectronics or heat sinks, the effects of such …

We employ a free-energy lattice-Boltzmann method to study the dynamics of a ternary fluid
system consisting of a liquid drop driven by a body force across a regularly textured …

The dynamic spreading of a liquid droplet on micropillar-arrayed surfaces is experimentally
investigated. A theoretical model is proposed to include energy dissipations raised from both …

Nanofluidics have recently attracted significant attention with regard to the development of
new functionalities and applications, and producing new functional devices utilizing …

Textured surface has shown great potential in inhibiting Leidenfrost phenomenon for the
thermal management of high heat flux devices. Although diverse textured surfaces have …