Coalescence-induced droplet jumping

C Liu, M Zhao, Y Zheng, L Cheng, J Zhang, CATH Tee - Langmuir, 2021 - ACS Publications
When two or more droplets coalesce on a superhydrophobic surface, the merged droplet
can jump spontaneously from the surface without requiring any external energy. This …

Molecular dynamics simulations of droplet coalescence and impact dynamics on the modified surfaces: A review

T Li - Computational Materials Science, 2023 - Elsevier
The effective control of droplet coalescence and impact behaviors on solid surfaces plays a
crucial role in various fields, such as material science, environmental science, energy …

Moiré pattern based universal rules governing interfacial superlubricity: A case of graphene

H Bai, H Bao, Y Li, H Xu, S Li, F Ma - Carbon, 2022 - Elsevier
With the development of advanced manufacturing, superlubricity, with a friction coefficient
smaller than 0.001, is highly expected at the contacting surfaces. It has been revealed that …

Water desalination through fluorine-functionalized nanoporous graphene oxide membranes

M Hosseini, J Azamat, H Erfan-Niya - Materials Chemistry and Physics, 2019 - Elsevier
This study evaluates the application of fluorinated graphene-based water desalination
membranes using molecular dynamics simulations. The studied membranes are fluorinated …

Impact-induced removal of a deposited droplet: Implications for self-cleaning properties

T Li, MY Li, H Li - The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2020 - ACS Publications
The ability to remove a deposited drop on a substrate is crucial for self-cleaning materials.
Here, an approach to achieve the removal of a deposited droplet by employing the impact of …

Control of wettability transition and coalescence dynamics of droplets on the surface via mechanical vibration: A molecular simulation exploration

T Li, J Li, H Lin, Y Duan, Y Xia, Y Jiang, H Li - Applied Surface Science, 2019 - Elsevier
Controllable wettability of liquids has always been attached great significance to a wide
range of applications in both industrial and technological processes. Here, we report a …

Controllable coalescence dynamics of nanodroplets on textured surfaces decorated with well-designed wrinkled nanostructures: A molecular dynamics study

T Li, L Zhang, H Li - Langmuir, 2021 - ACS Publications
The control of coalescence and motion of droplets play a significant role in advanced
technology and our daily life, and one of the most important approaches is surface design …

Coalescence-induced jumping for removing the deposited heterogeneous droplets: a molecular dynamics simulation study

T Li - The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2022 - ACS Publications
The removal of the deposited droplets on a solid surface is crucial to considerable practical
applications that require self-cleaning properties. In this work, a strategy of cleaning a …

Effects of stripy surfaces with intervals on the coalescence dynamics of nano-droplets: Insights from molecular dynamics simulations

T Li, Y Xia, L Zhang, X Zhang, C Fu, Y Jiang… - Applied Surface Science, 2019 - Elsevier
Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations are employed to study the coalescence behaviors of
nano-droplets on the stripy substrates decorated with spaced graphene nanoribbons …

Contact angle hysteresis and motion behaviors of a water nano-droplet on suspended graphene under temperature gradient

M Foroutan, SM Fatemi, F Esmaeilian… - Physics of …, 2018 - pubs.aip.org
In the present work, the effect of temperature gradient on the behavior of a water nano-
droplet resting on a suspended graphene was studied based on a non-equilibrium …