Advancement in utilization of bio-based materials including cellulose, lignin, chitosan for bio-inspired surface coatings with special wetting behavior: A review on …

N Kaushal, AK Singh - International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 2023 - Elsevier
Natural bio-material surface with hydrophobic behavior (aqueous droplet to roll off from its
surface) has inspired researchers to design sustainable artificial coatings with hydrophobic …

[HTML][HTML] Experimentally validated phase-field model to design the wettability of micro-structured surfaces

M Provenzano, FM Bellussi, M Morciano, E Rossi… - Materials & Design, 2023 - Elsevier
Surfaces with tailored wettability have attracted considerable attention because of their wide
range of potential applications. Wettability can be finely designed by controlling the …

Assembling biocompatible polymers on gold nanoparticles: toward a rational design of particle shape by molecular dynamics

R Cappabianca, P De Angelis, A Cardellini… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) have received great attention in a number of fields ranging from
the energy sector to biomedical applications. As far as the latter is concerned, due to rapid …

[HTML][HTML] Water filling in carbon nanotubes with different wettability and implications on nanotube/water heat transfer via atomistic simulations

A Casto, FM Bellussi, M Diego, N Del Fatti… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
The peculiar heat and mass transfer properties of Carbon Nanotubes (CNTs) envision
promising applications in nanoengineering and nanofluidic devices, such as heat sinks and …

[HTML][HTML] Facile preparation and properties of superhydrophobic nanocellulose membrane

G Liu, C Ji, J Li, X Pan - Arabian Journal of Chemistry, 2022 - Elsevier
Superhydrophobic nanocellulose membrane was prepared by synergistically modifying
biodegradable nanocellulose with low-carbon perfluoroorganosiloxane and ethyl …

Wettability of soft PLGA surfaces predicted by experimentally augmented atomistic models

FM Bellussi, OM Roscioni, E Rossi, A Cardellini… - MRS Bulletin, 2023 - Springer
A challenging topic in surface engineering is predicting the wetting properties of soft
interfaces with different liquids. However, a robust computational protocol suitable for …

A Nanoindentation Approach for Time-Dependent Evaluation of Surface Free Energy in Micro-and Nano-Structured Titanium

S De Santis, E Rossi, M Sebastiani, S Sennato… - Materials, 2021 - mdpi.com
Surface free energy (SFE) of titanium surfaces plays a significant role in tissue engineering,
as it affects the effectiveness and long-term stability of both active coatings and …

Quantitative surface free energy with micro-colloid probe pairs

EU Haq, Y Zhang, N O'Dowd, N Liu, S Leesment… - RSC …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Measurement of the surface free energy (SFE) of a material allows the prediction of its
adhesion properties. Materials can have microscale or sub-microscale surface …