Evaporation from thin films is a key feature of many processes, including energy conversion,
microelectronics cooling, boiling, perspiration, and self-assembly operations. The phase …

Evaporation of liquid is important in a diverse range of engineering applications, such as ink-
jet printing, pesticide spraying, micro-and nanofabrication, thin-film coatings, biochemical …

Solar-driven interfacial evaporation has attracted considerable attention owing to its
outstanding efficiency in thermal energy utilization and desalination. Nanostructured surface …

Understanding of evaporation process of thin liquid film is important for studying heat
transfer near the triple-phase contact line. In the present work, equilibrium molecular …

We study the role of surface topology, surface chemistry, and wall superheat temperature on
the onset of boiling, bubble nucleation and growth, and the possible formation of an …

Boiling has superior practical applications in many various industries, particularly in
cryogenic refrigeration. In this paper, a molecular dynamics study on the enhancement of …

The bubble nucleation of liquid argon over patterned surfaces with different wettabilities is
investigated by using molecular dynamics (MD) simulations. In order to study effects of …

Lubricant plays an important role in thermodynamic systems to lubricate the sliding surfaces.
However, the mixing of working fluid and lubricant will significantly affect the heat transfer …

The effect of nanopatterns on Kapitza resistance of water boiling on a gold surface is
examined via molecular dynamics simulations. The TIP4P-Ew potential for water, embedded …

The development in nanotechnology and bionics has increased the application of hybrid
wettable nanostructured surfaces in engineering and science research. This study employed …