Physicochemical hydrodynamics of droplets out of equilibrium

D Lohse, X Zhang - Nature Reviews Physics, 2020 - nature.com
Droplets abound in nature and technology. In general, they are multicomponent, and, when
out of equilibrium, have gradients in concentration, implying flow and mass transport …

Surface nanodroplets: formation, dissolution, and applications

J Qian, GF Arends, X Zhang - Langmuir, 2019 - ACS Publications
Droplets at solid–liquid interfaces play essential roles in a broad range of fields, such as
compartmentalized chemical reactions and conversions, high-throughput analysis and …

[書籍][B] The physics of dew, breath figures and dropwise condensation

D Beysens - 2022 - Springer
My interest in dew and Breath Figures (BFs, the pattern that forms on a cold surface when
breathing) started long ago when I was intrigued to see a ring around a streetlight from the …

Microfluidic formation of surface nanodroplets using green deep eutectic solvents for liquid–liquid nanoextraction and controlled precipitation

E Lim, B Kim, MS Oh, JB You - Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 2023 - Elsevier
Hypothesis Surface nanodroplets have recently been employed for in situ chemical analysis
leveraging their low volume, eg O (10− 15 L), that enables rapid analyte extraction and pre …

Ultrasensitive Surface‐Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy Detection by Porous Silver Supraparticles from Self–Lubricating Drop Evaporation

TS Dabodiya, SG Sontti, Z Wei, Q Lu… - Advanced Materials …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
This work demonstrates an original and ultrasensitive approach for surface‐enhanced
Raman spectroscopy (SERS) detection based on evaporation of self‐lubricating drops …

Review of microscale dynamics of dilution-induced asphaltene precipitation under controlled mixing conditions

J Meng, SG Sontti, X Zhang - Energy & Fuels, 2022 - ACS Publications
As the most complex and heaviest component in bitumen, asphaltene precipitation induced
by solvent dilution is important in oil sands extraction to remove solids and water from …

Oiling‐Out Crystallization of Beta‐Alanine on Solid Surfaces Controlled by Solvent Exchange

X Zhang, Z Wei, H Choi, H Hao… - Advanced Materials …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
In this work, the solvent‐exchange crystallization processes of beta‐alanine in mixture of
isopropanol and water on solid surfaces are reported. As the antisolvent isopropanol …

Molecular dynamics simulation of nanobubble nucleation on rough surfaces

Y Liu, X Zhang - The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2017 - pubs.aip.org
Here, we study how nanobubbles nucleate on rough hydrophobic surfaces, using long-time
standard simulations to directly observe the kinetic pathways and using constrained …

Growth dynamics of surface nanodroplets during solvent exchange at varying flow rates

B Dyett, A Kiyama, M Rump, Y Tagawa, D Lohse… - Soft matter, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Solvent exchange is a simple solution-based process to produce surface nanodroplets over
a large area. The final size of the droplets is determined by both the flow and solution …

Surface nanodroplet-based nanoextraction from sub-milliliter volumes of dense suspensions

JB You, D Lohse, X Zhang - Lab on a Chip, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
A greener analytical technique for quantifying compounds in dense suspensions is needed
for wastewater and environmental analysis, chemical or bio-conversion process monitoring …