[HTML][HTML] Classical and reactive molecular dynamics: Principles and applications in combustion and energy systems

Q Mao, M Feng, XZ Jiang, Y Ren, KH Luo… - Progress in Energy and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Molecular dynamics (MD) has evolved into a ubiquitous, versatile and powerful
computational method for fundamental research in science branches such as biology …

Surfactant-mediated wetting and spreading: Recent advances and applications

NM Kovalchuk, MJH Simmons - Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface …, 2021 - Elsevier
Surfactant-mediated wetting and spreading are ubiquitous. Understanding of these
phenomena in-depth allows precise tailoring of wetting performance which can contribute to …

The fluid mechanics of cleaning and decontamination of surfaces

JR Landel, DI Wilson - Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics, 2021 - annualreviews.org
The removal of unwanted entities or soiling material from surfaces is an essential operation
in many personal, industrial, societal, and environmental applications. The use of liquid …

Expanding the applications of the SAFT-γ Mie group-contribution equation of state: prediction of thermodynamic properties and phase behavior of mixtures

AJ Haslam, A González-Pérez, S Di Lecce… - Journal of Chemical & …, 2020 - ACS Publications
We present the latest developments in thermodynamic modeling using the SAFT-γ Mie
group-contribution equation of state. The group database is updated, featuring now 58 …

Molecular droplets vs bubbles: Effect of curvature on surface tension and Tolman length

J Wen, D Dini, H Hu, ER Smith - Physics of Fluids, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
Droplets and bubbles are thought to be two sides of the same coin; this work determines
how true this is at the molecular scale. Stable cylindrical nanodroplets and nanobubbles are …

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 …

Steady moving contact line of water over a no-slip substrate: Challenges in benchmarking phase-field and volume-of-fluid methods against molecular dynamics …

U Lācis, P Johansson, T Fullana, B Hess… - The European Physical …, 2020 - Springer
The movement of the triple contact line plays a crucial role in many applications such as ink-
jet printing, liquid coating and drainage (imbibition) in porous media. To design accurate …

[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 …

Hydrodynamic density-functional theory for the moving contact-line problem reveals fluid structure and emergence of a spatially distinct pattern

A Nold, BD Goddard, DN Sibley, S Kalliadasis - Physical Review Fluids, 2024 - APS
Understanding the nanoscale effects controlling the dynamics of a contact line—defined as
the line formed at the junction of two fluid phases and a solid—has been a longstanding …

[BOOK][B] Drop Dynamics and Dropwise Condensation on Textured Surfaces

S Khandekar, K Muralidhar - 2020 - Springer
This book is an expanded form of our previous monograph, Khandekar S. and Muralidhar K.,
Dropwise Condensation on Inclined Textured Surfaces, Springer, 2013. Here, we had …