Approaches to design a surface with tunable wettability: a review on surface properties

CG Jothi Prakash, R Prasanth - Journal of Materials Science, 2021 - Springer
Due to the wide application prospects in energy harvesting, conversion, and emission
control technology, wettability has gathered momentum in recent years. Surface wettability …

Strategies for using polydopamine to induce biomineralization of hydroxyapatite on implant materials for bone tissue engineering

N Kaushik, L Nhat Nguyen, JH Kim, EH Choi… - International Journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
In the field of tissue engineering, there are several issues to consider when designing
biomaterials for implants, including cellular interaction, good biocompatibility, and …

In situ Ag-MOF growth on pre-grafted zwitterions imparts outstanding antifouling properties to forward osmosis membranes

M Pejman, M Dadashi Firouzjaei… - … applied materials & …, 2020 - ACS Publications
In this study, a polyamide forward osmosis membrane was functionalized with zwitterions
followed by the in situ growth of metal–organic frameworks with silver as a metal core (Ag …

Water harvesting strategies through solar steam generator systems

C Onggowarsito, A Feng, S Mao, LN Nguyen… - …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Solar steam generator (SSG) systems have attracted increasing attention, owing to its simple
manufacturing, material abundance, cost‐effectiveness, and environmentally friendly …

Mimosa Origami: A nanostructure-enabled directional self-organization regime of materials

WSY Wong, M Li, DR Nisbet, VSJ Craig, Z Wang… - Science …, 2016 - science.org
One of the innate fundamentals of living systems is their ability to respond toward distinct
stimuli by various self-organization behaviors. Despite extensive progress, the engineering …

A microfluidic hanging drop-based spheroid co-culture platform for probing tumor angiogenesis

D Rodoplu, JS Matahum, CH Hsu - Lab on a Chip, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Co-culturing of embryoid bodies (EBs) and tumor spheroids (TSs) allows mimicking tumor
angiogenesis in vitro. Here, we report a microfluidic hanging drop-based spheroid co-culture …

Impact force reduction by consecutive water entry of spheres

R Rabbi, NB Speirs, A Kiyama, J Belden… - Journal of Fluid …, 2021 - cambridge.org
Free-falling objects impacting onto water pools experience a very high initial impact force,
greatest at the moment when breaking through the free surface. Many have intuitively …

Experimental study on cavity dynamics of projectile water entry with different physical parameters

Y Shi, G Wang, G Pan - Physics of Fluids, 2019 - pubs.aip.org
In this paper, we investigate the influences of nose shape, impact velocity (8–14 m/s), and
impact angle (60–90) on cavity dynamics when a projectile enters water. The Froude …

Microfluidic surface-mediated emulsion stability control

R Bharadwaj, TD Wheeler, K Ness… - US Patent 10,688,494, 2020 - Google Patents
A microfluidic emulsion droplet generation system and methods of use thereof are provided.
The system may include a microfluidic substrate having a flow path configured and arranged …

Development of single-stage TiNbMoMnFe high-entropy alloy coating on 304L stainless steel using HVOF thermal spray

NV Abhijith, D Kumar, D Kalyansundaram - Journal of Thermal Spray …, 2022 - Springer
Stainless steels are considered to be corrosion resistant; however, the performance of the
material is affected under long-term or extreme conditions. The development of high-entropy …