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 …

The mechanisms of vapor nucleation on nanostructured surfaces, whose geometrical
characteristic sizes are comparable to those of nuclei, remain unsatisfactorily explored. This …

Controlling the maneuverability of nanocars and molecular machines on the surface is
essential for the targeted transportation of materials and energy at the nanoscale. Here, we …

Designing the nanostructured substrates with efficiently executing self-cleaning functions
such as anti-icing, anti-fogging, anti-flaming, and anti-corrosion is always a hot scientific …

We develop a combined numerical (using direct numerical simulation) and scaling model to
study the dynamics of two identical photocurable, shear-thinning polymeric drops …

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 …

Understanding the high water adhesion of rose petals is of great significance in artificial
surface design. With all-atom molecular dynamics simulation, the wettability of nanoscale …

Controlling the drop impact behaviors plays an important role in both designing surface
functional materials and improving industrial techniques. Here, the impact dynamics of …

Coalescence-induced droplet jumping on superhydrophobic surfaces with different initial
positions was numerically simulated using the 2D multi-relaxation-time (MRT) Lattice …

Efficiently regulating the rebound behavior of droplets post-impact is crucial for various
fields, mainly including the development of self-cleaning applications, the design of surface …