Spreading of nanofluids on solids

DT Wasan, AD Nikolov - Nature, 2003 - nature.com
… (nanofluids) are used in a variety of technological contexts. For example, their spreading
and … Similarly, the spreading behaviour of nanofluids containing surfactant micelles has …

The wetting and spreading of nanofluids on solids: Role of the structural disjoining pressure

D Wasan, A Nikolov, K Kondiparty - Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface …, 2011 - Elsevier
nanofluid spreading behavior. This paper reviews the progress made in the wetting and
spreading of nanofluids … the particles in the nanofluid and with the solid substrate, as well as the …

Dynamic spreading of nanofluids on solids. Part I: experimental

K Kondiparty, AD Nikolov, D Wasan, KL Liu - Langmuir, 2012 - ACS Publications
spreading of nanofluids. We report here the results of our experiments on the spreading of
nanofluids … It is found that the nanofluid spreads, forming a thin nanofluid film between the oil …

Dynamic spreading of nanofluids on solids part II: modeling

KL Liu, K Kondiparty, AD Nikolov, D Wasan - Langmuir, 2012 - ACS Publications
… which drives the spreading of nanofluids by forming … spreading dynamics of nanofluids
against an oil drop on a solid surface. With the Laplace equation as a starting point, the spreading

The dynamic spreading of nanofluids on solid surfaces–role of the nanofilm structural disjoining pressure

S Lim, H Zhang, P Wu, A Nikolov, D Wasan - Journal of colloid and …, 2016 - Elsevier
… well-known concepts of the spreading and adhesion of pure … spreading of nanofluids
on solids is enhanced by the nanoparticle self-structuring in the confined three-phase oil/nanofluid/…

Wetting and spreading of nanofluids on solid surfaces driven by the structural disjoining pressure: statics analysis and experiments

K Kondiparty, A Nikolov, S Wu, D Wasan - Langmuir, 2011 - ACS Publications
… the spreading and wetting of nanofluids on solids (ie, nanoparticle dispersions in liquids)
are enhanced due to the nanoparticle self-structuring in the confined three-phase oil-nanofluid−…

Spreading characteristics of nanofluid droplets impacting onto a solid surface

SM Murshed, CA Nieto de Castro - Journal of Nanoscience and …, 2011 - ingentaconnect.com
… This paper reports an experimental investigation on the spreading characteristics of nanofluid
droplets impinging on aluminum substrate under the influence of several key factors such …

Nanoparticle self-structuring in a nanofluid film spreading on a solid surface

A Nikolov, K Kondiparty, D Wasan - Langmuir, 2010 - ACS Publications
nanofluid and with the solid substrate is critical to our comprehension of the enhanced
spreading behavior of nanofluids on solids … involved in the solid−nanofluid−oil interactions by …

Nanofluids alter the surface wettability of solids

S Lim, H Horiuchi, AD Nikolov, D Wasan - Langmuir, 2015 - ACS Publications
We report the results of our studies on the changes in the contact angle and interfacial tension
using a nanofluid composed of silica nanoparticles dispersed in water on three different …

Nanoparticle-tuned spreading behavior of nanofluid droplets on the solid substrate

YQ Li, FC Wang, H Liu, HA Wu - Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, 2015 - Springer
… In this work, spreading behaviors of water-based nanofluid … that the dynamics spreading of
nanofluids can be effectively regulated … between contact radius R and spreading time t. These …