Fundamental fluid dynamics challenges in inkjet printing

D Lohse - Annual review of fluid mechanics, 2022 - annualreviews.org
Inkjet printing is the most widespread technological application of microfluidics. It is
characterized by its high drop productivity, small volumes, and extreme reproducibility. This …

Drop dynamics in the inkjet printing process

H Wijshoff - Current opinion in colloid & interface science, 2018 - Elsevier
The inkjet printing process involves a chain of processes in many physical domains at
different length and time scales. The final goal is the deposition of droplets of all kinds of …

Coalescence dynamics

J Eggers, JE Sprittles, JH Snoeijer - Annual Review of Fluid …, 2024 - annualreviews.org
The merging of two fluid drops is one of the fundamental topological transitions occurring in
free surface flow. Its description has many applications, for example, in the chemical industry …

Drop coalescence in technical liquid/liquid applications: A review on experimental techniques and modeling approaches

J Kamp, J Villwock, M Kraume - Reviews in Chemical Engineering, 2017 - degruyter.com
The coalescence phenomenon of drops in liquid/liquid systems is reviewed with particular
focus on its technical relevance and application. Due to the complexity of coalescence, a …

Spreading, pinching, and coalescence: the Ohnesorge units

MA Fardin, M Hautefeuille, V Sharma - Soft Matter, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Understanding the kinematics and dynamics of spreading, pinching, and coalescence of
drops is critically important for a diverse range of applications involving spraying, printing …

When elasticity affects drop coalescence

PJ Dekker, MA Hack, W Tewes, C Datt, A Bouillant… - Physical review …, 2022 - APS
The breakup and coalescence of drops are elementary topological transitions in interfacial
flows. The breakup of a drop changes dramatically when polymers are added to the fluid …

Universality in the viscous-to-inertial coalescence of liquid droplets

X Xia, C He, P Zhang - … of the National Academy of Sciences, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
We present a theory on the coalescence of 2 spherical liquid droplets that are initially
stationary. The evolution of the radius of a liquid neck formed upon coalescence was …

[图书][B] The physics of dew, breath figures and dropwise condensation

D Beysens - 2022 - Springer
My interest in dew and Breath Figures (BFs, the pattern that forms on a cold surface when
breathing) started long ago when I was intrigued to see a ring around a streetlight from the …

Enhanced condensation heat transfer by water/ethanol binary liquids on polydimethylsiloxane brushes

S Li, D Diaz, M Kappl, HJ Butt, J Liu, Y Hou - Droplet, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Enhancing heat transfer efficiency by liquid condensation plays a critical role in recovering
and utilizing low‐grade heat. However, overall heat transfer efficiency is commonly limited …

Elasticity can affect droplet coalescence

SC Varma, D Dasgupta, A Kumar - Physics of Fluids, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
Coalescence of two droplets on a solid substrate is an interfacial phenomenon that imposes
the challenges of capturing the complex contact line motion and energy interaction between …