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 …

Dynamic wetting of various liquids: Theoretical models, experiments, simulations and applications

Y Zhang, M Guo, D Seveno, J De Coninck - Advances in Colloid and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Dynamic wetting is a ubiquitous phenomenon and frequently observed in our daily life, as
exemplified by the famous lotus effect. It is also an interfacial process of upmost importance …

Molecular dynamics simulation of droplet impact on a hydrophobic 3D elastic surface

R Li, P Zhu, Y Xu, H Lu, J Rong - Langmuir, 2023 - ACS Publications
The phenomenon of droplets impacting elastic surfaces is common in nature and in many
engineering applications. It has been shown that droplet impact on an elastic surface …

Steerable droplet precise bouncing on a superhydrophobic surface with superhydrophilic stripes

Q Huang, Y He, K Yin, H Zhang, P Yang, G Li… - Applied Physics …, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
The precise rebound of a droplet upon hitting a solid surface has garnered significant
attention in recent years due to its critical applications in self-cleaning, printing industries …

Elastic wetting: Substrate-supported droplets confined by soft elastic membranes

Y Rao, S Qiao, Z Dai, N Lu - Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 2021 - Elsevier
While classical wetting is well captured by the famous Young's equation and classical bulge
and blister models are readily available, there is limited understanding of a micro-or nano …

Rolling and sliding modes of nanodroplet spreading: Molecular simulations and a continuum approach

S Perumanath, MV Chubynsky, R Pillai, MK Borg… - Physical Review Letters, 2023 - APS
Molecular simulations discover a new mode of dynamic wetting that manifests itself in the
very earliest stages of spreading, after a droplet contacts a solid. The observed mode is a …

Oblique pancake bouncing

R Tao, G Liang, B Dou, J Wu, B Li, C Hao - Cell Reports Physical Science, 2022 - cell.com
Despite extensive efforts in approaching the theoretical limit of solid-liquid contact time, the
vertical bouncing droplet eventually lands on the impact spot of horizontally placed surfaces …

Anisotropic spreading on chemically heterogeneous surfaces: Insights from contact line approach

JN Fan, YQ Li, XY Hong, HA Wu, FC Wang - Applied Surface Science, 2024 - Elsevier
Studying the spreading of droplets on heterogeneous surfaces is significant for
understanding various phenomena, from petroleum engineering to material science, due to …

Spreading time of impacting nanodroplets

YB Wang, YF Wang, YR Yang, XD Wang… - The Journal of …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The kinematic time and maximum spreading time for the impact of nanodroplets of different
types of fluids on solid surfaces with different wettability are investigated. It shows that the …

[HTML][HTML] Directional droplet bouncing on a moving superhydrophobic surface

M Wang, Y Shi, S Wang, H Xu, H Zhang, M Wei… - Iscience, 2023 - cell.com
Droplets directionally bouncing off moving superhydrophobic solid surfaces are universal in
nature and are crucial in many biological, sustainable, environmental, and engineering …