Wetting and evaporation of multicomponent droplets

Z Wang, D Orejon, Y Takata, K Sefiane - Physics Reports, 2022 - Elsevier
Wetting and evaporation of sessile droplets are ubiquitous in nature and of importance to
many industrial and everyday processes. While most of the research on sessile droplets has …

[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 …

Three-phase catassembly of 10 nm Au nanoparticles for sensitive and stable surface-enhanced raman scattering detection

T Xie, P Li, J Wang, R Dong, L Yang - Analytical Chemistry, 2023 - ACS Publications
Interfacial self-assembly with the advantage of providing large-area, high-density plasmonic
hot spots is conducive to achieving high sensitivity and stable surface-enhanced Raman …

Physics of drying complex fluid drop: Flow field, pattern formation, and desiccation cracks

R Mondal, H Lama, KC Sahu - Physics of Fluids, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
Drying complex fluids is a common phenomenon where a liquid phase transforms into a
dense or porous solid. This transformation involves several physical processes, such as the …

An experimental investigation of evaporation of ethanol–water droplets laden with alumina nanoparticles on a critically inclined heated substrate

P Katre, S Balusamy, S Banerjee, KC Sahu - Langmuir, 2022 - ACS Publications
We experimentally investigate the evaporation of water–ethanol binary sessile droplets
loaded with alumina nanoparticles on a critically inclined heated surface and compare it to …

Evaporation of a sessile colloidal water–glycerol droplet: Marangoni ring formation

L Thayyil Raju, C Diddens, Y Li, A Marin… - Langmuir, 2022 - ACS Publications
The transport and aggregation of particles in suspensions is an important process in many
physicochemical and industrial processes. In this work, we study the transport of particles in …

Implications of the coffee-ring effect on virus infectivity

Q Huang, W Wang, PJ Vikesland - Langmuir, 2021 - ACS Publications
The factors contributing to the survival of enveloped viruses (eg, influenza and SARS-CoV-
2) on fomite surfaces are of societal interest. The bacteriophage Phi6 is an enveloped viral …

Conditions of enhanced evaporation for nanofluids droplet and inhibition of coffee-ring effect under buoyancy and Marangoni convection

YQ Tao, QS Liu - Surfaces and Interfaces, 2023 - Elsevier
Evaporation of nanofluid droplets whose size is larger than capillary length is common in
industrial processes, but there is currently a lack of research on the evaporation kinetics and …

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 …

Wetting and Imbibition Characteristics of Pseudomonas fluorescens Biofilms Grown on Stainless Steel

ZC Kampouraki, M Petala, A Boumpakis, G Skordaris… - Langmuir, 2022 - ACS Publications
This study aims to provide insights into biofilm resistance associated with their structural
properties acquired during formation and development. On this account, the wetting and …