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 …

Off-centered droplet impact on single-ridge superhydrophobic surfaces

Z Hu, X Wu, F Chu, X Zhang, Z Yuan - Experimental Thermal and Fluid …, 2021 - Elsevier
Droplets impacting on superhydrophobic surfaces with submillimetric or millimetric
macrotextures can rebound completely after a short contact time, which is of practical …

Impacting-freezing dynamics of a supercooled water droplet on a cold surface: Rebound and adhesion

X Zhang, X Liu, X Wu, J Min - International Journal of Heat and Mass …, 2020 - Elsevier
The impacting-freezing dynamics of a supercooled water droplet on a cold surface is studied
experimentally and numerically. A numerical model that considers both the effects of the …

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 …

Reduced contact time of a droplet impacting on a moving superhydrophobic surface

X Zhang, Z Zhu, C Zhang, C Yang - Applied Physics Letters, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
While the droplet impact dynamics on stationary superhydrophobic surfaces has been
extensively studied, the dynamic behaviors of impact droplets on moving superhydrophobic …

Droplet impact dynamics on single-pillar superhydrophobic surfaces

S Ding, Z Hu, L Dai, X Zhang, X Wu - Physics of Fluids, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
While ridged, spherical, or cone superhydrophobic surfaces have been extensively utilized
to explore the droplet impact dynamics and the possibility of reducing contact time …

Dynamics of droplet impacting on a cone

J Luo, F Chu, Z Ni, J Zhang, D Wen - Physics of Fluids, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
Droplet rebound dynamics on superhydrophobic surfaces has attracted much attention due
to its importance in numerous technical applications, such as anti-icing and fluid …

Numerical investigation of droplet impact on a solid superhydrophobic surface

W Li, J Wang, C Zhu, L Tian, N Zhao - Physics of Fluids, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
The impact of microscale water droplets onto a solid superhydrophobic surface is
numerically investigated. The multiphase problems are modeled by the three-dimensional …

Impact and freezing coupling processes of supercooled water droplets on cold superhydrophobic spheres at low Weber numbers

X Liu, Y Guo, J Min, X Zhang, X Wu - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
While the previous studies discussed the impact and freezing coupling processes of
supercooled water droplets on cold superhydrophobic convex spheres at medium or high …

Numerical investigation of the impacting and freezing process of a single supercooled water droplet

Y Wang, L Ju, D Han, Q Wang - Physics of Fluids, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
In order to study the mechanism of ice formation after water droplets produced by splashing
waves attach to ship superstructure in cold ocean regions, a numerical framework that …