Natural creatures use their surface structures to control directional liquid dynamics for
survival. Learning from nature, artificial superwetting materials have triggered technological …

Droplet manipulation techniques such as transport and merging have been widely used in
many fields including biology, chemistry, material and energy applications. Moreover …

This paper provides a comprehensive review of published literatures concerning the fluid
mechanics and heat transfer mechanisms of liquid drop impact on a heated wall. The review …

A liquid droplet dispensed over a sufficiently hot surface does not make contact but instead
hovers on a cushion of its own self-generated vapor. Since its discovery in 1756, this so …

Liquid mobility on super-wettable materials is of interest for enhanced heat transfer, self-
cleaning, anti-fouling, anti-icing, water-harvesting, and oil–water separation. Here, we …

Droplet bouncing on surfaces has long been observed in nature and industry, which is
rather intriguing and instructive for related technology development. Recent decades have …

As reported in 1756 by Johann Gottlob Leidenfrost, volatile liquids on hot solids form
“gleaming drops resembling quicksilver”, a consequence of their levitation on a vapour …

The power of the directional and spontaneous transport of liquid droplets is revealed
through ubiquitous biological processes and numerous practical applications, where …

Stimuli‐responsive surfaces with tunable fluidic and optical properties utilizing switchable
surface topography are of significant interest for both scientific and engineering research …

When deposited on a hot bath, volatile drops are observed to stay in levitation: the so-called
Leidenfrost effect. Here, we discuss drop dynamics in an inverse Leidenfrost situation where …