Topological liquid diode

J Li, X Zhou, J Li, L Che, J Yao, G McHale… - Science …, 2017 - science.org
The last two decades have witnessed an explosion of interest in the field of droplet-based
microfluidics for their multifarious applications. Despite rapid innovations in strategies to …

Thin film flow of the water‐based carbon nanotubes hybrid nanofluid under the magnetic effects

T Gul, M Bilal, M Shuaib, S Mukhtar… - Heat Transfer, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
In this article, the effects of magnetic field versus the thin liquid film water‐based ferrum
oxide (Fe3O4) and carbon nanotubes (CNTs) nanofluids have been studied through …

Thin films in partial wetting: stability, dewetting and coarsening

AA Pahlavan, L Cueto-Felgueroso, AE Hosoi… - Journal of Fluid …, 2018 - cambridge.org
A uniform nanometric thin liquid film on a solid substrate can become unstable due to the
action of van der Waals (vdW) forces. The instability leads to dewetting of the uniform film …

Thermocapillary thin films on rotating cylinders with wall slip and exothermic reactions

S Chattopadhyay - International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2024 - Elsevier
This paper investigates the dynamics and stability of a thin liquid film flowing down a vertical
rotating cylinder in the presence of an exothermic chemical reaction. The cylinder's surface …

Modeling reactive film flows down a heated fiber

S Chattopadhyay, H Ji - Chemical Engineering Science, 2024 - Elsevier
We study the dynamics of an ultra-thin reactive liquid film flowing down a heated vertical
fiber under the influence of gravity. A key focus is on the impact of the van der Waals …

Dynamics of thin liquid films flowing down the uniformly heated/cooled cylinder with wall slippage

Y Chao, Z Ding, R Liu - Chemical Engineering Science, 2018 - Elsevier
Coating liquid films on cylinders occurs widely in nature, material sciences, and industrial
processes. A typical example is the fabrication of thin solid films, which could be achieved by …

Thin liquid films on a slippery vertical cylinder in presence of chemical reaction

S Chattopadhyay - Chemical Engineering Science, 2023 - Elsevier
In industrial settings, chemical reactions often affect thin liquid films that flow down vertical
cylinders. However, the effect of non-isothermal reactions on the dynamics of these films is …

MHD thin film flow of kerosene oil based CNTs nanofluid under the influence of Marangoni convection

T Gul, MZ Ullah, AK Alzahrani, Z Zaheer… - Physica Scripta, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
The joint effect of the magnetic field and Marangoni convection versus the thin liquid film
Kerosene oil based carbon nanotubes nanofluid has been investigated in this article. The …

The impact of the Marangoni convection and magnetic field versus blood-based carbon nanotube nanofluids

T Gul, R Akbar, Z Zaheer… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
The mutual result of the magnetic field and Marangoni convection against the thin liquid film
of Casson fluid, blood-based carbon nanotube nanofluid has been fruitfully discussed in this …

Ultra-efficient heat pipes enabled by nickel-graphene nanocomposite coatings: Concept and fundamentals

W Chang, G Huang, K Luo, P Wang, C Li - Carbon, 2022 - Elsevier
Heat pipes are a type of passive and efficient two-phase devices. Despite of its wide
applications in solar collectors, electronic cooling and energy recovery systems, the heat …