Capillary imbibition, such as plant roots taking up water, reservoir rocks absorbing brine and
a tissue paper wiping stains, is pervasive occurred in nature, engineering and industrial …

Wetting of corner-containing geometries is ubiquitous, since the man-made surfaces and
natural surfaces are usually not atomically smooth and contain pores, grooves, and cracks …

The penetration of a wetting liquid in the narrow gap between two vertical plates making a
small angle is analyzed in the framework of the lubrication approximation. At the beginning …

When a square tube is brought in contact with bulk liquid, the liquid wets the corners of the
tube and creates finger-like wetted regions. The wetting of the liquid then takes place with …

The problem of low-gravity isothermal capillary flow along interior corners that are rounded
is revisited analytically in this work. By careful selection of geometric length scales and …

The location of the triple line as a function of time has been recorded for a series of organic
liquids, with various surface tension to viscosity ratios, wicking upward a rough Cu6Sn5/Cu …

A variety of micro scale surface wicking structures that form open/covered post surfaces and
open channels are investigated to probe the effect of the geometry, inter-connectivity, and …

Fluid movement in microfluidic devices, porous media, and textured surfaces involves
coupled flows over the faces and corners of the media. Spontaneous wetting of simple …

In the absence of significant body forces the passive manipulation of fluid interfacial flows is
naturally achieved by control of the specific geometry and wetting properties of the system …

In the reduced acceleration environment aboard orbiting spacecraft, capillary forces are
often exploited to access and control the location and stability of fuels, propellants, coolants …