Wettability alteration mechanisms in enhanced oil recovery with surfactants and nanofluids: a review with microfluidic applications

A Ratanpara, M Kim - Energies, 2023 - mdpi.com
Modifying reservoir surface wetting properties is an appealing topic to the upstream oil and
gas industry for enhancing hydrocarbon recovery as the shifting of reservoir rock surface …

Surface morphology effects on clathrate hydrate wettability

A Phan, HM Stoner, M Stamatakis, CA Koh… - Journal of colloid and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Hypothesis Clathrate hydrates preferentially form at interfaces; hence, wetting properties
play an important role in their formation, growth, and agglomeration. Experimental evidence …

Electrochemical and surface characterization studies of winged bean extracts doped TEOS-PDMS sol-gel protective coatings on reinforcing bar in acidic medium

FA Zakaria, TS Hamidon, MH Hussin - Industrial Crops and Products, 2023 - Elsevier
Hybrid sol-gel coatings consisting of tetraethoxysilane (TEOS)-polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS)
molecular precursors doped with winged bean extracts were synthesized for the corrosion …

Sliding of water droplets on micropillar-structured superhydrophobic surfaces

CW Yao, S Tang, D Sebastian, R Tadmor - Applied Surface Science, 2020 - Elsevier
Understanding the specific behavior of water droplet detachment from a micropillar-
structured superhydrophobic surface is essential in a variety of potential applications …

Effect of nanopillars on the wetting state and adhesion characteristics of molten aluminum droplets

D He, Z Rui, X Lyu, J Zhuo, H Sun, Y Dong - Langmuir, 2023 - ACS Publications
To solve the adhesion problem between molten aluminum and vacuum ladle liner during the
electrolytic aluminum production process, the wetting state and adhesion properties of …

A brief review of transitional wetting regimes for superhydrophobic surfaces

J Sharma, A Bhandari, N Khatri, S Jangra… - Journal of the Brazilian …, 2024 - Springer
This review aims to address the lack of theoretical understanding of wetting regimes for
various surfaces and highlight the physical insights of numerous wetting regimes and …

Pool boiling critical heat flux studies of accident tolerant fuel cladding materials

H Yeom, E Gutierrez, HJ Jo, Y Zhou, K Mondry… - … Engineering and Design, 2020 - Elsevier
Pool boiling experiments have been performed at atmospheric pressure on potential
accident tolerant fuel (ATF) cladding materials (Zirlo®, Cr coated Zirlo®, FeCrAl coated …

Effects of the substrate on interfacial polymerization: tuning the hydrophobicity via polyelectrolyte deposition

X Liu, G Liu, W Li, Q Wang, B Deng - Membranes, 2020 - mdpi.com
Interfacial polymerization (IP) has been the key method for the fabrication of the thin film
composite (TFC) membranes that are extensively employed in reverse osmosis (RO) and …

Effects of surface topography at different scales on the dispersion of the wetting data for sessile water droplets on nitrided austenitic stainless steels

T Czerwiec, S Tsareva, A Andrieux, S Bruyère… - Surface and Coatings …, 2022 - Elsevier
Plasma nitriding is used to increase the durability of steels. The wettability of nitrided
surfaces is poorly studied. The ability of nitriding in modifying the wetting and evaporation of …

[HTML][HTML] Anti-Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Efficacy of Layer-by-Layer Silver Nanoparticle/Polyacrylic Acid-Coated Titanium Using an In-House Dip …

J Puttawong, M Yingkajorn, P Khongkow… - Polymers, 2025 - mdpi.com
The emergence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is still posing a
global challenge in healthcare settings. This bacterial strain is a cause of severe …