Capillary-driven flow in corner geometries

N Kubochkin, T Gambaryan-Roisman - Current Opinion in Colloid & …, 2022 - Elsevier
Wetting of corner-containing geometries is ubiquitous, since the man-made surfaces and
natural surfaces are usually not atomically smooth and contain pores, grooves, and cracks …

Bioinspired inner microstructured tube controlled capillary rise

C Li, H Dai, C Gao, T Wang, Z Dong, L Jiang - Proceedings of the National …, 2019 - pnas.org
Effective, long-range, and self-propelled water elevation and transport are important in
industrial, medical, and agricultural applications. Although research has grown rapidly …

An all hydrophilic fluid diode for unidirectional flow in porous systems

D Shou, J Fan - Advanced Functional Materials, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
A fluid diode that allows fluid flow in one direction but blocks fluid flow in the opposite
direction has wide applications including oil recovery, drug delivery, and lab‐on‐a‐chip …

Non-negative interfacial tension in phase-separated active Brownian particles

S Hermann, D de Las Heras, M Schmidt - Physical Review Letters, 2019 - APS
We present a microscopic theory for the nonequilibrium interfacial tension γ gl of the free
interface between gas and liquid phases of active Brownian particles. The underlying …

Effect of pH on spontaneous imbibition in calcareous rocks

MA Pratama, HJ Khan - Water Resources Research, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Reactive transport in porous media exhibits multifaceted interactions that are dependent on
the matrix and fluid properties, and which ultimately alter these properties. A set of …

Development of a novel orientation-independent Hybrid Conventional-Pulsating Heat Pipe using cryogenic helium

L Kossel, J Pfotenhauer, F Miller - International Journal of Heat and Mass …, 2025 - Elsevier
Due to the observed gravity dependence of long-distance helium pulsating heat pipes
(PHPs), alternative remote cooling options in the saturated helium temperature range are …

Capillary imbibition in a square tube

T Yu, J Zhou, M Doi - Soft Matter, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
When a square tube is brought in contact with bulk liquid, the liquid wets the corners of the
tube and creates finger-like wetted regions. The wetting of the liquid then takes place with …

Heterogenous slippery surfaces: enabling spontaneous and rapid transport of viscous liquids with viscosities exceeding 10 000 mPa s

P Sun, X Hao, Y **, Y Yin, C Wu, J Zhang, L Gao… - Small, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Superhydrophobic and slippery lubricant‐infused surfaces have garnered significant
attention for their potential to passively transport low‐viscosity liquids like water (1 mPa s) …

How do chemical patterns affect equilibrium droplet shapes?

Y Wu, F Wang, S Ma, M Selzer, B Nestler - Soft Matter, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
By utilizing a proposed analytical model in combination with the phase-field method, we
present a comprehensive study on the effect of chemical patterns on equilibrium droplet …

Toward a complete understanding of quasi-static bubble growth and departure

S Siedel, T Gu - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2024 - pnas.org
The distortion by gravity of a quasi-static bubble attached on an upward facing surface in a
quiescent liquid is investigated. The contact angle evolution during the growth of such a …