Understanding and utilizing droplet impact on superhydrophobic surfaces: phenomena, mechanisms, regulations, applications, and beyond

Z Hu, F Chu, H Shan, X Wu, Z Dong… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Droplet impact is a ubiquitous liquid behavior that closely tied to human life and production,
making indispensable impacts on the big world. Nature‐inspired superhydrophobic surfaces …

Deposition and spread of aqueous pesticide droplets on hydrophobic/superhydrophobic surfaces by fast aggregation of surfactants

Y Fan, Y Wang - Langmuir, 2023 - ACS Publications
Deposition and spread of aqueous droplets on hydrophobic/superhydrophobic surfaces are
of great significance in many practical applications, such as spraying, coating, and printing …

Drop impact dynamics on solid surfaces

W Fang, K Zhang, Q Jiang, C Lv, C Sun, Q Li… - Applied Physics …, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
Drop impact on solid surfaces widely occurs both in nature and engineering. In this
Perspective, we review the recent advances in experimental, theoretical, and numerical …

Cellulose nanocrystals for crop protection: leaf adhesion and controlled delivery of bioactive molecules

L Ning, C You, Y Jia, J Chen, Y Zhang, X Li… - Green …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The development of new approaches for pesticide delivery is a most relevant subject in the
area of crop protection, which typically involves relatively high pesticide dosing combined …

Suppression of hollow droplet rebound on super-repellent surfaces

Y Zhou, C Zhang, W Zhao, S Wang, P Zhu - Nature Communications, 2023 - nature.com
Droplet rebound is ubiquitous on super-repellent surfaces. Conversion between kinetic and
surface energies suggests that rebound suppression is unachievable due to negligible …

Ultrahigh efficient emulsification with drag-reducing liquid gating interfacial behavior

S Yu, Y Jing, Y Fan, L Xiong, H Wang… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Emulsification is a crucial technique for mixing immiscible liquids into droplets in numerous
areas ranging from food to medicine to chemical synthesis. Commercial emulsification …

Directional rebound of compound droplets on asymmetric self-grown tilted mushroom-like micropillars for anti-bacterial and anti-icing applications

Y Yang, Y Zhang, G Li, M Zhang, X Wang… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Directional liquid bouncing is of great significance for a variety of biological and industrial
applications. Although surface engineering through 3D printing or self-assembly enables …

[HTML][HTML] Agricultural Pest Management: The Role of Microorganisms in Biopesticides and Soil Bioremediation

AB Vermelho, JV Moreira, IT Akamine, VS Cardoso… - Plants, 2024 - mdpi.com
Pesticide use in crops is a severe problem in some countries. Each country has its
legislation for use, but they differ in the degree of tolerance for these broadly toxic products …

Splitting dynamics of droplet impact on ridged superhydrophobic surfaces

Z Hu, F Chu, X Wu - Physics of Fluids, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
Droplet splitting is a fascinating interfacial phenomenon, which shows great potential in
applications such as fluid dispending and liquid spraying. Splitting behaviors of droplet …

Target slinging of droplets with a flexible cantilever

W Fang, S Wang, H Duan, SA Tahir, K Zhang, L Wang… - Droplet, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Control of the directional bounce of droplets impacting solid surfaces is crucial for many
agricultural and industrial applications. However, for the universal impact process of …