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 …

Droplet coalescence by molecular dynamics and phase-field modeling

M Heinen, M Hoffmann, F Diewald, S Seckler… - Physics of …, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
Coalescence of argon droplets with a radius of 25, 50, and 100 nm is studied with
computational methods. Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations are carried out to generate …

Room temperature self-healing liquid metals: capabilities, applications and challenges

C Hua, J Gao, J Liu - International Journal of Smart and Nano …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Self-healing materials span diverse application fields, including flexible electronics, soft
robotics, and energy devices. However, conventional self-healing materials pose a …

Voltage-induced penetration effect in liquid metals at room temperature

FF Yun, Z Yu, Y He, L Jiang, Z Wang… - National science …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Room-temperature liquid metal is discovered to be capable of penetrating through macro-
and microporous materials by applying a voltage. The liquid metal penetration effects are …

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 of 3D Polymeric Drops in the Presence of In Situ Photopolymerization

VS Sivasankar, SA Etha, DR Hines, S Das - Macromolecules, 2023 - ACS Publications
We develop a combined numerical (using direct numerical simulation) and scaling model to
study the dynamics of two identical photocurable, shear-thinning polymeric drops …

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 …

The wetting characteristics of aluminum droplets on rough surfaces with molecular dynamics simulations

C Guan, X Lv, Z Han, C Chen - Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
In the present study, the impact of surface roughness on the wettability behavior of Al
droplets has been investigated via molecular dynamics (MD) simulations. In this work …

Critical and optimal wall conditions for coalescence-induced droplet jumping on textured superhydrophobic surfaces

C Yin, T Wang, Z Che, M Jia, K Sun - Langmuir, 2019 - ACS Publications
The effectiveness of coalescence-induced jumping of microdroplets on superhydrophobic
surfaces is critical to a wide range of applications such as self-cleaning surfaces, anti …

Molecular investigation of contact line movement in electrowetted nanodroplets

D Chakraborty, S Pathak, M Chakraborty - Langmuir, 2020 - ACS Publications
Molecular dynamics (MD) simulation of an electrowetted nanodroplet is performed to
understand the fundamental origin of the involved parameters resulted from the molecular …