A review of dropwise condensation: Theory, modeling, experiments, and applications

B El Fil, G Kini, S Garimella - International Journal of Heat and Mass …, 2020‏ - Elsevier
Dropwise condensation (DWC) is a heterogeneous phase-change process where vapor
changes to liquid in the form of discrete drops on an unwetted surface. The heat transfer …

Dropwise condensation: From fundamentals of wetting, nucleation, and droplet mobility to performance improvement by advanced functional surfaces

SF Zheng, U Gross, XD Wang - Advances in Colloid and Interface Science, 2021‏ - Elsevier
As a ubiquitous vapor-liquid phase-change process, dropwise condensation has attracted
tremendous research attention owing to its remarkable efficiency of energy transfer and …

Tuning superhydrophobic nanostructures to enhance jum**-droplet condensation

MD Mulroe, BR Srijanto, SF Ahmadi, CP Collier… - ACS …, 2017‏ - ACS Publications
It was recently discovered that condensation growing on a nanostructured
superhydrophobic surface can spontaneously jump off the surface, triggered by naturally …

Self-supported hierarchical CuO x@ Co 3 O 4 heterostructures as efficient bifunctional electrocatalysts for water splitting

Q Zhou, TT Li, J Qian, Y Hu, F Guo… - Journal of Materials …, 2018‏ - pubs.rsc.org
The preparation of low-cost and efficient bifunctional catalysts towards water splitting is
essential for the production of clean H2 energy. Herein, a hierarchical Co3O4-decorated …

Heat transfer innovations and their application in thermal desalination processes

T Liu, MS Mauter - Joule, 2022‏ - cell.com
The familiarity of mature thermal technologies for brine concentration and crystallization is
likely to sustain their widespread deployment despite their high capital and operational (ie …

Coalescence-induced nanodroplet jum**

H Cha, C Xu, J Sotelo, JM Chun, Y Yokoyama… - Physical Review …, 2016‏ - APS
Water vapor condensation on superhydrophobic surfaces has received much attention in
recent years due to the ability of such surfaces to shed microscale water droplets via …

Enhanced jum**-droplet departure

MK Kim, H Cha, P Birbarah, S Chavan, C Zhong, Y Xu… - Langmuir, 2015‏ - ACS Publications
Water vapor condensation on superhydrophobic surfaces has received much attention in
recent years because of its ability to shed water droplets at length scales 3 decades smaller …

Rational fabrication of superhydrophobic surfaces with coalescence-induced droplet jum** behavior for atmospheric corrosion protection

X Chen, P Wang, D Zhang, J Ou - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Coalescence-induced droplet jum** behavior on superhydrophobic surfaces has a
potential application in atmospheric corrosion protection by spontaneously removing the …

Coalescence-induced jum** of multiple condensate droplets on hierarchical superhydrophobic surfaces

X Chen, RS Patel, JA Weibel, SV Garimella - Scientific Reports, 2016‏ - nature.com
Coalescence-induced jum** of condensate droplets from a superhydrophobic surface
with hierarchical micro/nanoscale roughness is quantitatively characterized. Experimental …

A multiscale strategy for constructing finned microporous superhydrophobic surface for highly‐efficient condensation heat transfer enhancement enabled by lifespan …

YC Zhang, TY Zhang, LW Fan - Advanced Functional Materials, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
Spontaneous droplet jum** on micro‐/nano‐structured superhydrophobic surfaces has
been exploited as an efficient means for enhancing steam condensation heat transfer …