Recent advances in durability of superhydrophobic self-cleaning technology: a critical review

SP Dalawai, MAS Aly, SS Latthe, R Xing… - Progress in Organic …, 2020 - Elsevier
Self-cleaning concept has achieved significant attention because of their distinct features
and inclusive range of probable applications in various fields. Inspired from the lotus effect; …

Laser-processed functional surface structures for multi-functional applications-a review

H Wang, D Deng, Z Zhai, Y Yao - Journal of Manufacturing Processes, 2024 - Elsevier
Functional surface structures, which are of certain shapes and surface morphologies for
specific functions, have been widely applied in a wide range of optical, thermal, electronic …

Laser texturing of silicon surface to enhance nucleate pool boiling heat transfer

V Serdyukov, S Starinskiy, I Malakhov… - Applied Thermal …, 2021 - Elsevier
The surface modification is one of the most promising and discussed methods to improve the
boiling performance. To date there are a lot of techniques to modify a heating surface, but …

Nanostructured superhydrophobic coatings for solar panel applications

A Mishra, N Bhatt, AK Bajpai - Nanomaterials-Based Coatings, 2019 - Elsevier
Solar energy is the most widespread renewable source of energy which requires big
installations of solar panels with large open surface. The efficiency of solar panels is highly …

Fabrication of controllable wettability of crystalline silicon surfaces by laser surface texturing and silanization

C Yang, X Jing, F Wang, KF Ehmann, Y Tian… - Applied Surface Science, 2019 - Elsevier
This paper aims to explore the effects of laser surface texturing and chemical modifications
by silanization on the wettability of silicon surfaces. To effectively prepare super …

Molecular investigation of the wettability of rough surfaces using molecular dynamics simulation

H Yaghoubi, M Foroutan - Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
In the present study, a computational investigation on the effect of surface roughness on the
wettability behavior of water nanodroplets has been performed via molecular dynamics …

The wetting characteristics of aluminum droplets on rough surfaces with molecular dynamics simulations

C Guan, X Lv, Z Han, C Chen - Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
In the present study, the impact of surface roughness on the wettability behavior of Al
droplets has been investigated via molecular dynamics (MD) simulations. In this work …

Anisotropic Stick–Slip Frictional Surfaces via Titania Nanorod Patterning

D Datta, E Gnecco, NN Gosvami… - ACS Applied Materials & …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Nanoscale or microscale surface texturing is an effective technique to tailor the tribological
properties between two surfaces that are rubbed against each other. In order to achieve the …

Interfacial wetting mechanisms of Al liquid on cathode carbon blocks of aluminum reduction cell for developing wettable cathode materials

X Lv, C Guan, Z Han, C Chen - Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2020 - Elsevier
Molecular dynamics simulation had been performed to investigate the wetting properties of
Al droplets on amorphous carbon surfaces and graphite surfaces. The effects of …

Wetting Properties of Black Silicon Layers Fabricated by Different Techniques

G Ayvazyan, L Hakhoyan, A Vardanyan… - physica status solidi …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The wettability of black silicon (BSi) layers fabricated by reactive ion etching (RIE), metal‐
assisted chemical etching (MACE), and laser‐induced etching (LIE) techniques is studied …