[HTML][HTML] Surface modifications to enhance dropwise condensation

A Goswami, SC Pillai, G McGranaghan - Surfaces and Interfaces, 2021 - Elsevier
Condensation is of paramount importance in numerous technological applications where
phase change processes take place. The physical nature of condensation from vapor to …

Bioinspired superwettability micro/nanoarchitectures: fabrications and applications

T Kong, G Luo, Y Zhao, Z Liu - Advanced functional materials, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Biological systems have evolved over billions of years to develop wetting strategies for
advantageous structure–property–performance relations that are crucial for their survival …

Femtosecond laser patterned superhydrophobic surface with anisotropic sliding for droplet manipulation

C Wang, K Ding, Y Song, X Jia, N Lin - Optics & Laser Technology, 2024 - Elsevier
Patterned superhydrophobic surfaces have a wide range of applications in terms of
microfluidic devices. In this work, a simple and robust method is proposed to fabricate …

Ultraslippery/hydrophilic patterned surfaces for efficient fog harvest

B Qi, X Yang, X Wang - Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The rapid and controllable sliding of droplets on anisotropic slippery liquid infused porous
surfaces (SLIPS) has promising application prospects in the fields of energy, lab-on-a-chip …

Managing water on heat transfer surfaces: A critical review of techniques to modify surface wettability for applications with condensation or evaporation

M Edalatpour, L Liu, AM Jacobi, KF Eid, AD Sommers - Applied Energy, 2018 - Elsevier
Most materials of practical interest are neither completely wetting nor completely non-
wetting.“Surface wettability” then refers to the degree that a surface is hydrophilic (ie water …

Surfaces Inspired by the Nepenthes Peristome for Unidirectional Liquid Transport

P Zhang, L Zhang, H Chen, Z Dong… - Advanced …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The slippery peristome of the pitcher plant Nepenthes has attracted much attention due to its
unique function for preying on insects. Recent findings on the peristome surface of …

Micro‐/nanostructured interface for liquid manipulation and its applications

Y Zuo, L Zheng, C Zhao, H Liu - Small, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding the relationship between liquid manipulation and micro‐/nanostructured
interfaces has gained much attention due to the wide potential applications in many fields …

A review on control of droplet motion based on wettability modulation: principles, design strategies, recent progress, and applications

M Tenjimbayashi, K Manabe - Science and Technology of …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
The transport of liquid droplets plays an essential role in various applications. Modulating
the wettability of the material surface is crucial in transporting droplets without external …

Trends in paper-based electrochemical biosensors: from design to application

VBC Lee, NF Mohd-Naim, E Tamiya, MU Ahmed - Analytical Sciences, 2018 - Springer
Electrochemical bio-sensing using paper-based detection systems is the main focus of this
review. The different existing designs of 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional sensors, and …

Temperature-responsive anisotropic slippery surface for smart control of the droplet motion

BL Wang, L Heng, L Jiang - ACS applied materials & interfaces, 2018 - ACS Publications
Development of stimulus-responsive anisotropic slippery surfaces is important because of
the high demand for such materials in the field of liquid directional-driven systems. However …