Innovation in urban water systems is required to address the increasing demand for clean
water due to population growth and aggravated water stress caused by water pollution …

Numerical simulations have revolutionized research in several engineering areas by
contributing to the understanding and improvement of several processes, being biomedical …

In this research, a three-dimensional model is proposed to simulate the behavior of particle-
covered droplets that contain soluble surfactant. The model includes a full two-way coupling …

Materials that perform complex chemical signal processing are ubiquitous in living systems.
Their synthetic analogs would transform developments in biomedicine, catalysis, and many …

Evaporation-induced assembly of nanoparticles in a drying droplet is of great importance in
many engineering applications, including printing, coating, and thin film processing. The …

Despite its significance in droplet microfluidics and enhanced oil recovery, the dynamics of
single droplets in confined microchannels still remains an unsolved fundamental problem …

Advances in solution-based printing and surface patterning techniques for additive
manufacturing demand a clear understanding of particle dynamics in drying colloidal …

In this study, basing on the level-set and point-particle methods, we have developed a
numerical methodology for simulating the dynamics of colloidal droplets under flow …

Computational models that reveal the structural response of polymer gels to changing,
dissolved reactive chemical species would provide useful information about dynamically …

Hypothesis Capillary interactions play an important role in directing colloidal assembly on
fluid interfaces. Interface curvature is expected to influence not only individual particle …