Regulation of droplet impacting on superhydrophobic surfaces: Coupled effects of macrostructures, wettability patterns, and surface motion

F Chu, S Li, Z Hu, X Wu - Applied Physics Letters, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
Superhydrophobic surfaces have shown great application prospects due to their excellent
water repellency in many applications involving fluid–surface interactions. As a ubiquitous …

Droplet impact dynamics on single-pillar superhydrophobic surfaces

S Ding, Z Hu, L Dai, X Zhang, X Wu - Physics of Fluids, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
While ridged, spherical, or cone superhydrophobic surfaces have been extensively utilized
to explore the droplet impact dynamics and the possibility of reducing contact time …

Non-planar dielectrics derived thermal and electrostatic field inhomogeneity for boosted weather-adaptive energy harvesting

Y Zhou, T Ding, Y Cheng, Y Huang… - National Science …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Weather-adaptive energy harvesting of omnipresent waste heat and rain droplets, though
promising in the field of environmental energy sustainability, is still far from practice due to its …

Position-based surface tension flow

J Xing, L Ruan, B Wang, B Zhu, B Chen - ACM Transactions on Graphics …, 2022 - dl.acm.org
This paper presents a novel approach to simulating surface tension flow within a position-
based dynamics (PBD) framework. We enhance the conventional PBD fluid method in terms …

Advanced Anti‐Icing Strategies and Technologies by Macrostructured Photothermal Storage Superhydrophobic Surfaces

F Chu, Z Hu, Y Feng, NC Lai, X Wu… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Water is the source of life and civilization, but water icing causes catastrophic damage to
human life and diverse industrial processes. Currently, superhydrophobic surfaces (inspired …

Dynamic simulation of droplet impacting on superhydrophobic surface with cubic protrusion

F Ai, D Li, Y Shang, J Wang, L Shen - Physics of Fluids, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
Droplet impact dynamics on a superhydrophobic surface with a cubic protrusion was
simulated by the lattice Boltzmann method and the contact time reduction mechanism due to …

Splitting behavior of Janus drop impact on protrusion structure

HJ Jung, S Yun - Physics of Fluids, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
Handling tiny liquid volumes as drops is important for applications, including biochip or
liquid spraying systems. Splitting of a compound drop is a challenging task in the industrial …

Rebound characteristics of a water droplet impacting on a superhydrophobic cone

S Zhang, J Du - Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Precise control of droplet rebound behavior on superhydrophobic surfaces is essential for
various industrial applications like anti-icing and self-cleaning. However, current studies still …

Maximum spreading of an impact droplet on a conical tip

X Zhang, K Li, X Liu, M Song, L Zhang, M Piskunov - Physics of Fluids, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
The droplet impact process on a conical tip is one of the key problems in the field of fluid
mechanics and surface and interface science. This study examines the impact process of …