The lattice Boltzmann method (LBM) has experienced tremendous advances and has been
well accepted as a useful method to simulate various fluid behaviors. For computational …

This feature article provides an overview of wetting phenomena. Much of the analysis done
on wetting in the last 100 years assumes that the phenomena are determined by molecular …

A new color‐gradient lattice Boltzmann model is developed to simulate spontaneous
imbibition in a porous media micromodel, which needs only two‐dimensional computational …

The spontaneous capillary-driven filling of microchannels is important for a wide range of
applications. These channels are often rectangular in cross-section, can be closed or open …

We investigate numerically the dynamics of capillary filling and Haines jump events using
free energy Lattice Boltzmann (LB) simulations. Both processes are potentially important …

We report on unidirectional wetting and spreading of a water droplet on stooped polymer
nanohairs fabricated by replica molding and oblique electron beam irradiation. When a …

Much of the modeling done on repellency and super hydrophobicity has focused on
surfaces with rectilinear geometries, but their wetting behavior is simpler and can be quite …

The present paper reports the integration of nonthermal plasma into a biphasic gas–liquid
microfluidic chip. It evaluates the potential of plasma activation to become a synthetic tool in …

Artificial surfaces that exhibit unidirectional water spreading and superhydrophobicity are
obtained by Strelitzia reginae leaves. Both green and dried leaves are used, thus exploiting …

We show that, when a single relaxation time lattice Boltzmann algorithm is used to solve the
hydrodynamic equations of a binary fluid for which the two components have different …