Review of droplet dynamics and dropwise condensation enhancement: Theory, experiments and applications

X Wang, B Xu, Z Chen, D Del Col, D Li, L Zhang… - Advances in Colloid and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Droplet dynamics and condensation phenomena are widespread in nature and industrial
applications, and the fundamentals of various technological applications. Currently, with the …

Droplet jumping: effects of droplet size, surface structure, pinning, and liquid properties

X Yan, L Zhang, S Sett, L Feng, C Zhao, Z Huang… - ACS …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Coalescence-induced droplet jumping has the potential to enhance the efficiency of a
plethora of applications. Although binary droplet jumping is quantitatively understood from …

Breaking droplet jumping energy conversion limits with superhydrophobic microgrooves

Q Peng, X Yan, J Li, L Li, H Cha, Y Ding, C Dang, L Jia… - Langmuir, 2020 - ACS Publications
Coalescence-induced droplet jumping has the potential to enhance the performance of a
variety of applications including condensation heat transfer, surface self-cleaning, anti-icing …

How superhydrophobic grooves drive single-droplet jumping

F Chu, X Yan, N Miljkovic - Langmuir, 2022 - ACS Publications
Rapid shedding of microdroplets enhances the performance of self-cleaning, anti-icing,
water-harvesting, and condensation heat-transfer surfaces. Coalescence-induced droplet …

Self-enhancement of coalescence-induced droplet jumping on superhydrophobic surfaces with an asymmetric V-groove

D Lu, M Zhao, H Zhang, Y Yang, Y Zheng - Langmuir, 2020 - ACS Publications
Coalescence-induced droplet jumping on superhydrophobic surfaces have recently
received significant attention owing to their potential in a variety of applications. Previous …

Effects of the surface tension gradient and viscosity on coalescence-induced droplet jumping on superamphiphobic surfaces

H Hou, Z Yuan, Z Hu, S Gao, X Wu - Physics of Fluids, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
With the development of superhydrophobic surface preparation technology, coalescence-
induced droplet jumping shows broad application prospects in the fields of enhanced …

Dropwise condensation heat transfer on nanostructured superhydrophobic surfaces with different inclinations and surface subcoolings

X Wang, W Xu, Z Chen, B Xu - International Journal of Heat and Mass …, 2021 - Elsevier
Due to the excellent heat transfer efficiency, dynamic behaviors of coalescence-induced
droplet jumping on superhydrophobic surfaces have been extensively investigated to …

Dropwise condensation heat transfer on superhydrophilic-hydrophobic network hybrid surface

X Ji, D Zhou, C Dai, J Xu - International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Superhydrophilic-hydrophobic (SHPi-HPo) network hybrid surface was designed to
investigate the condensation heat transfer using stainless steel as substrate material. The …

How macrostructures enhance droplet coalescence jumping: A mechanism study

Y Li, J Du, X Wu, G Lu, Q Min - Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical …, 2023 - Elsevier
Macrostructures exhibit excellent performance in coalescence-induced droplet jumping
enhancement. Previous velocity prediction models were mainly established for flat plain …

Enhanced horizontal mobility of a coalesced jumping droplet on superhydrophobic surfaces with an asymmetric ridge

S Gao, Z Hu, X Wu - Physics of Fluids, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
Enhancing the horizontal mobility of coalesced droplets on a plane could promote droplet
jumping. Here, we achieve enhanced horizontal mobility of a coalesced jumping droplet on …