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 …

Engineering van der Waals materials for advanced metaphotonics

H Lin, Z Zhang, H Zhang, KT Lin, X Wen… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The outstanding chemical and physical properties of 2D materials, together with their
atomically thin nature, make them ideal candidates for metaphotonic device integration and …

Inkjet printing wearable electronic devices

M Gao, L Li, Y Song - Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
In recent years, wearable electronics have experienced tremendous development due to
their promising applications in fields such as portable, flexible/stretchable human-interactive …

Self-propelled dropwise condensate on superhydrophobic surfaces

JB Boreyko, CH Chen - Physical review letters, 2009 - APS
In conventional dropwise condensation on a hydrophobic surface, the condensate drops
must be removed by external forces for continuous operation. This Letter reports continuous …

Design of a venation-like patterned surface with hybrid wettability for highly efficient fog harvesting

J Guo, W Huang, Z Guo, W Liu - Nano Letters, 2022 - ACS Publications
Inspired by Namib Desert beetle and leaf venation, a wettability-integrated system consisting
of wettability-hybrid coatings and venation-like patterns was designed and successfully …

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 …

Recent advances in controlling the depositing morphologies of inkjet droplets

J Sun, B Bao, M He, H Zhou, Y Song - ACS applied materials & …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Inkjet printing has been widely used in functional material patterning for fabrication of
optical/electrical devices. The depositing morphologies of inkjet droplets are critical to the …

High-speed imaging of drops and bubbles

ST Thoroddsen, TG Etoh, K Takehara - Annu. Rev. Fluid Mech., 2008 - annualreviews.org
This review presents recent technological advances in charge-coupled-device ultrahigh-
speed video cameras and their applications in experimental fluid mechanics. Following a …

Numerical simulations of self-propelled jumping upon drop coalescence on non-wetting surfaces

F Liu, G Ghigliotti, JJ Feng, CH Chen - Journal of Fluid mechanics, 2014 - cambridge.org
Coalescing drops spontaneously jump out of plane on a variety of biological and synthetic
superhydrophobic surfaces, with potential applications ranging from self-cleaning materials …

Sharp interface methods for simulation and analysis of free surface flows with singularities: Breakup and coalescence

CR Anthony, H Wee, V Garg, SS Thete… - Annual Review of …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
A common feature of many free surface flows—drop/bubble breakup or coalescence and
film/sheet rupture—is the occurrence of hydrodynamic singularities. Accurately computing …