Molecular dynamics simulations of droplet coalescence and impact dynamics on the modified surfaces: A review

T Li - Computational Materials Science, 2023 - Elsevier
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 …

Enhanced horizontal mobility of a coalesced jumping droplet on superhydrophobic surfaces with an asymmetric ridge

S Gao, Z Hu, X Wu - Physics of Fluids, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
Enhancing the horizontal mobility of coalesced droplets on a plane could promote droplet
jumping. Here, we achieve enhanced horizontal mobility of a coalesced jumping droplet on …

Droplet impact on pillar-arrayed non-wetting surfaces

LZ Wang, A Zhou, JZ Zhou, L Chen, YS Yu - Soft Matter, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Droplet impact on pillar-arrayed polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) surfaces with different solid
fractions was studied. The lower and upper limits of Weber number, We, for complete …

Impact dynamics of droplets on the well-designed wrinkled surfaces: Enhancement of bounding ability

T Li - Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and …, 2023 - Elsevier
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 …

Nanodroplets impact on surfaces decorated with ridges

H Liu, F Chu, J Zhang, D Wen - Physical Review Fluids, 2020 - APS
The dynamics of droplets impacting on solid surfaces are directly related to a variety of
engineering applications. As some industrial processes have been refined to the nanoscale …

Coalescence-induced jumping for removing the deposited heterogeneous droplets: a molecular dynamics simulation study

T Li - The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2022 - ACS Publications
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 …

Effects of stripy surfaces with intervals on the coalescence dynamics of nano-droplets: Insights from molecular dynamics simulations

T Li, Y Xia, L Zhang, X Zhang, C Fu, Y Jiang… - Applied Surface Science, 2019 - Elsevier
Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations are employed to study the coalescence behaviors of
nano-droplets on the stripy substrates decorated with spaced graphene nanoribbons …

Numerical study on the bouncing dynamics of droplets impacting on a macro-textured superhydrophobic surface

J Zhao, S Chen, K Zhang, D Cao, Y Liu - Computers & Fluids, 2022 - Elsevier
The contact time of droplet impacting on surfaces involves in the extent of transformation
between the droplet's surface energy and kinetic energy. Based on the axisymmetric …

Dynamic behavior and heat transfer characteristics of a droplet impacting on the micro corrugated tube

L Xiao, RZ Pan, SY Wu, J Luo, ZL Chen - International Journal of Heat and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Liquid droplets impacting on rough or structured surfaces occur ubiquitously in nature and
are applicable in many industrial activities. In this study, a 3-D numerical method has been …

Non-retraction rebound of the impacting nano-droplets

T Li, L Zhang, M Li, M Yan, E Ni, Y Ruan, H Li - Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2021 - Elsevier
This study reports a distinct non-retraction rebound regime of impacting nano-droplets that is
characterized by incomplete-spreading and non-retraction, different from the traditional …