Review of self-cleaning TiO2 thin films deposited with spin coating

VT Lukong, K Ukoba, TC Jen - The International Journal of Advanced …, 2022 - Springer
This paper reviewed the deposition of thin films of TiO2 for self-cleaning applications
deposited using the spin coater. The overwhelming global demand for electricity pushes …

Self-cleaning mechanism: why nanotexture and hydrophobicity matter

T Heckenthaler, S Sadhujan, Y Morgenstern… - Langmuir, 2019 - ACS Publications
Dust particles can adhere to surfaces, thereby decreasing the efficiency of diverse
processes, such as light absorption by solar panels. It is well known that …

Pinning and depinning dynamics of an evaporating sessile droplet containing mono-and bidispersed colloidal particles on a nonheated/heated hydrophobic substrate

S Gupta, MR Thombare, ND Patil - Langmuir, 2023 - ACS Publications
The present study is primarily focused on the coupled effects of substrate heating, colloidal
dispersion, and particle size variation on the contact line (CL) pinning–depinning dynamics …

Evaporative deposition of polystyrene microparticles on PDMS surface

YS Yu, MC Wang, X Huang - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Evaporation of water and ethanol/water droplets containing large polystyrene (PS)
microparticles on polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) surface was experimentally investigated. It …

Drying pattern and evaporation dynamics of sessile ferrofluid droplet on a PDMS substrate

SK Saroj, PK Panigrahi - Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and …, 2019 - Elsevier
The present study reports the evaporation dynamics, deposition pattern, effect of magnetic
field and mechanism behind the pinning or depinning of the contact line of sessile ferrofluid …

Self-sorting of bidispersed colloidal particles near contact line of an evaporating sessile droplet

ND Patil, R Bhardwaj, A Sharma - Langmuir, 2018 - ACS Publications
Here, we investigate deposit patterns and associated morphology formed after the
evaporation of an aqueous droplet containing mono-and bidispersed colloidal particles. In …

Evaporation and morphological patterns of bi-dispersed colloidal droplets on hydrophilic and hydrophobic surfaces

R Iqbal, B Majhy, AQ Shen, AK Sen - Soft Matter, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Understanding the formation of different morphological patterns depending on the particle
size and surface wettability has great relevance in the separation, mixing and concentration …

Evaporation of ethanol/water mixture droplets on a pillar-like PDMS surface

YS Yu, L Sun, X Huang, JZ Zhou - Colloids and Surfaces A …, 2019 - Elsevier
Evaporation of about 6.0 μL ethanol/water droplets with different ethanol concentrations on
both planar and pillar-like polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) surfaces was studied. A small …

Vapor mediated control of microscale flow in sessile droplets

O Hegde, S Chakraborty, P Kabi, S Basu - Physics of Fluids, 2018 - pubs.aip.org
Controlling internal flow in evaporating sessile droplets is desirable across applications
ranging from lab-on-chip medical diagnostics, DNA profiling to surface patterning. Diffusion …

Formation of wavy-ring crack in drying droplet of protein solutions

MN Gao, XF Huang, YP Zhao - Science China Technological Sciences, 2018 - Springer
The formations of desiccation cracks and their patterns in drying droplets of protein solutions
are studied experimentally. The solvent evaporation causes the dehydration self …