Condensation is of paramount importance in numerous technological applications where
phase change processes take place. The physical nature of condensation from vapor to …

Massive studies concern the development of low‐carbon water and energy systems.
Specifically, surfaces with special wettability to promote vapor‐to‐liquid condensation have …

Recent advancements in surface nano-engineering have spurred intense interests in their
implementation for enhancing condensation heat transfer. When appropriately designed …

Sustainable high-performance steam condensation is critical to reducing the size, weight,
and cost of water and energy systems. It is well-known that dropwise condensation can …

A sustainable high heat transfer coefficient is critical for water and energy systems that utilize
steam condensation. Current techniques cannot achieve a high heat transfer performance at …

Measuring condensation heat transfer and its associated heat transfer coefficient is not
trivial. Rigorous measurements require careful experimental design and tradeoff studies to …

Despite dropwise condensation witnesses the superior heat transfer performance with in-
time removal of condensate, pinning and flooding phenomena significantly limit its …

We introduce a durable hybrid substrate consisting of superhydrophilic micropillars
surrounded by superhydrophobic depressions for practical industrial applications. The …

In this paper, the wettability contrast surfaces were prepared via modifier-free composite
processing. Nickel particles were added in electrolytes to fabricate micro-nano hierarchical …

Liquid–vapor phase change phenomena such as boiling and condensation are processes
widely implemented in industrial systems such as power plants, refrigeration and air …