For a drop on a very hot solid surface, a vapor film will form beneath the drop, which has
been discovered by Leidenfrost in 1756. The vapor escaping from the Leidenfrost film …

Hypothesis Despite the flourishing studies of droplet interfacial boiling, the boiling upon
vibratory surfaces, which may cause vigorous liquid–vapor-solid interactions, has rarely …

Acquiring rapid and efficient boiling processes has been the focus of industry as they have
the potential to improve the energy efficiency and reduce the carbon emissions of production …

Overcoming friction while generating useful torque is a challenge for micro engines. Here
we report the development of a microscale engine that utilizes transition boiling as a mode …

In many micro and nanoscale applications of thin film phase transition, identifying the
circumstances that allows stable liquid contact with a heated surface is critical. Using …

Zinc oxide nanorods (ZnO-NR) were prepared on Zn plates with a ratchet structure by
hydrothermal processing. Then the Leidenfrost phenomenon of the sample was evaluated …

The study of shape oscillations of drops has a wide variety of applications at different space
and time scales. At microscopic scales this includes the liquid drop models of nuclei …