[HTML][HTML] Fluid dynamics of respiratory droplets in the context of COVID-19: Airborne and surfaceborne transmissions

P Katre, S Banerjee, S Balusamy, KC Sahu - Physics of Fluids, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
The World Health Organization has declared COVID-19 a global pandemic. Several
countries have experienced repeated periods of major spreading over the last two years …

Evaporation dynamics of a sessile droplet of binary mixture laden with nanoparticles

P Katre, S Balusamy, S Banerjee, LD Chandrala… - Langmuir, 2021 - ACS Publications
We investigate the evaporation dynamics of a sessile droplet of ethanol–water binary
mixtures of different compositions laden with alumina nanoparticles and compare with the …

Counter-intuitive evaporation in nanofluids droplets due to stick-slip nature

A Hari Govindha, P Katre, S Balusamy, S Banerjee… - Langmuir, 2022 - ACS Publications
We experimentally investigate the evaporation characteristics of a sessile ethanol droplet
containing Al2O3 and Cu nanoparticles of sizes 25 and 75 nm on a heated substrate using …

Penetration and secondary atomization of droplets impacted on wet facemasks

S Bagchi, S Basu, S Chaudhuri, A Saha - Physical Review Fluids, 2021 - APS
Face covering, commonly known as a facemask, is considered to be one of the most
effective pieces of personal protective equipment to reduce transmissions of pathogens …

Stability and retention force factor for binary-nanofluid sessile droplets on an inclined substrate

P Katre, S Banerjee, S Balusamy… - Industrial & Engineering …, 2023 - ACS Publications
We investigate the retention force factor of sessile droplets of pure (ethanol) and binary
(water–ethanol) fluids laden with alumina nanoparticles placed on a critically inclined …

Influence of indoor environmental conditions on airborne transmission and lifetime of sneeze droplets in a confined space: a way to reduce COVID-19 spread

A Bahramian - Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Effects of indoor temperature (T∞) and relative humidity (RH∞) on the airborne
transmission of sneeze droplets in a confined space were studied over the T∞ range of 15 …

Evaporation of pure and binary droplets on curved substrates

P Gurrala, S Balusamy, S Banerjee, KC Sahu - International Journal of Heat …, 2022 - Elsevier
We investigate the evaporation of pure ethanol, water and ethanol-water binary sessile
droplets on one-dimensional cylindrical substrates using shadowgraphy and infrared …

Intense jet flow with symmetric vortices induced by saline concentration gradient at free surface of a drying saline droplet

X Shao, Y Hou, X Zhong - International Communications in Heat and Mass …, 2021 - Elsevier
The evolution of the flow paradigm of an evaporating saline droplet is investigated
experimentally. The evaporation of the sessile saline droplet can be divided into two …

Insights into surrogate respiratory droplet behaviour on inclined surfaces: Implications for disease transmission

A Rasheed, JJ Poopady, D Chakravortty… - Colloids and Surfaces A …, 2025 - Elsevier
Disease transmission via fluid ejections from infected individuals presents a significant
public health challenge. The ejected droplet frequently lands on substrates with varying …

Experimental investigation on the effect of vapor environment on the pattern evolutions during sessile water droplet evaporation at low pressures

YQ Lin, CM Wu, YR Li - Applied Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
A series of experiments for water droplet evaporation into ethanol and nitrogen vapors at low
pressures are carried out to investigate the influence of vapor environment on the evolution …