Understanding and utilizing droplet impact on superhydrophobic surfaces: phenomena, mechanisms, regulations, applications, and beyond

Z Hu, F Chu, H Shan, X Wu, Z Dong… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Droplet impact is a ubiquitous liquid behavior that closely tied to human life and production,
making indispensable impacts on the big world. Nature‐inspired superhydrophobic surfaces …

Synergistically Utilizing a Liquid Bridge and Interconnected Porous Superhydrophilic Structures to Achieve a One‐Step Fog Collection Mode

M Chen, W Sun, H Liu, Q Luo, Y Wang, J Huan, Y Hou… - Small, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Conventional fog collection efficiency is subject to the inherent inefficiencies of its three
constituent steps: fog capture, coalescence, and transportation. This study presents a liquid …

[HTML][HTML] Study of oblique im**ement of water droplets on superhydrophobic surfaces patterned with micropillars: A lattice Boltzmann approach

G Wang, SM Sohani, J Yang, T Lei, J Chen… - Applied Thermal …, 2025 - Elsevier
Normal im**ement of droplets on superhydrophobic surfaces patterned with micropillars
exhibits pancake bouncing, significantly reducing the droplet-surface contact time under …

Energy evolution of a droplet impacting a nonuniform chemically patterned fuel cell surface

X Song, H Peng, J Zhang, X He - Chemical Engineering Science, 2025 - Elsevier
A three-dimensional nonorthogonal lattice Boltzmann model is employed to simulate a
single droplet impacting a nonuniform wettable surface at the bottom of a proton exchange …

Reconsideration on the maximum deformation of droplets impacting on solid surfaces

Z Hu, H Ran, H Shan, F Chu, Z Wang, R Wang - Droplet, 2025 - Wiley Online Library
Droplet impact on solid surfaces is widely involved in diverse applications such as spray
cooling, self‐cleaning, and hydrovoltaic technology. Maximum solid‒liquid contact area …

Sprayable Superoleophobic Coatings for Pumpless Handling of Low‐Surface‐Tension Liquids

S Moitra, CM Megaridis - Advanced Materials Interfaces, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Limited attention has been paid to repellency and wettability‐confined transport of low‐
surface‐tension liquids, such as oils, alcohols, and hydrocarbons. This is because …

Droplet collision with hydrophobic and superhydrophobic surfaces: Experimental studies and numerical modeling

DV Antonov, AG Islamova, EG Orlova… - Surfaces and Interfaces, 2024 - Elsevier
The characteristics of the collision of water droplets with textured hydrophobic and
superhydrophobic surfaces obtained using two techniques were studied experimentally. The …

Optimization of Dynamic Wetting and Heat Transfer in High-Power Electronics Cooling: Influence of Impact Parameters, Wettability Distribution and Power input

S Moitra, A Pal, MS Mondal… - 2024 23rd IEEE …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In the pursuit of high-power electronics, effective solutions for thermal management play a
crucial role in the performance and lifespan of devices. Droplet train cooling (directing a …

Spreading and splashing kinetics for impact of nanodroplets on lyophilic nanostructured surfaces

Q Liu, Y Deng, X Huang, F Li, J Huang, J Cui - Chemical Physics Letters, 2024 - Elsevier
The influence of nanostructure roughness on nanodroplets impact process is still unclear. In
this Letter, we investigated the spreading and splashing kinetics of nanodroplets on lyophilic …

Solid/Liquid Interactions on Wettability-Modified Surfaces

S Moitra - 2024 - search.proquest.com
This thesis explores the intricate domain of solid-fluid interaction on wettability-modified
surfaces, addressing novel and underexplored aspects in the field. It investigates the …