Droplet coalescence by molecular dynamics and phase-field modeling

M Heinen, M Hoffmann, F Diewald, S Seckler… - Physics of …, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
Coalescence of argon droplets with a radius of 25, 50, and 100 nm is studied with
computational methods. Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations are carried out to generate …

[HTML][HTML] Architecture of covalent bonds between filament layers to enhance performance of 3D printing biodegradable polymer blends

Y Lyu, Y Chen, L Lin, AK Schlarb, Y Li, X Shi - Polymer Testing, 2022 - Elsevier
Generally, the filament layer adhesion in articles 3D printed by Fused Deposition Modeling
(FDM, one of 3D printing method) is completely provided by the diffusion and entanglement …

Well-balanced discrete unified gas-kinetic scheme for two-phase systems

W Zeng, C Zhang, Z Guo - Physics of Fluids, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
In this paper, a well-balanced discrete unified gas-kinetic scheme (WB-DUGKS) is
developed to capture the physical equilibrium state for two-phase fluid systems. Based on …

Viscoelastic necking dynamics between attractive microgels

S Chen, E Pirhadi, X Yong - Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 2022 - Elsevier
Hypothesis Microgels can deform and interpenetrate and display colloid/polymer duality.
The effective interaction of microgels in the collapsed state is governed by the interplay of …

Developing machine learning models with metaheuristic algorithms for droplet size prediction in a microfluidic microchannel

F Eslami, R Kamali - Swarm and Evolutionary Computation, 2024 - Elsevier
Droplet-based microfluidics holds promise for advanced biomedical applications due to its
enhanced accuracy, throughput, rapid reaction time, and minimal reagent consumption …

Unveiling the spatiotemporal evolution of liquid-lens coalescence: Self-similarity, vortex quadrupoles, and turbulence in a three-phase fluid system

NB Padhan, R Pandit - Physics of Fluids, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
The coalescence of liquid lenses represents a fundamental challenge within the domains of
fluid dynamics and statistical physics, particularly in the context of complex multi-phase …

Structure formation and coarsening kinetics of phase-separated spin-coated ethylcellulose/hydroxypropylcellulose films

P Carmona, M Röding, A Särkkä, C von Corswant… - Soft Matter, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Porous phase-separated ethylcellulose/hydroxypropylcellulose (EC/HPC) films are used to
control drug transport from pharmaceutical pellets. The drug transport rate is determined by …

Nuclear viscosity estimated by dynamics of neck formation in the early stage of nuclear collision

S Amano, Y Aritomo, M Ohta - Modern Physics Letters A, 2023 - World Scientific
The very early stage of the coalescence of two nuclei is studied and used to estimate the
nuclear viscosity. The time evolution of the neck region has been simulated by the unified …

Liquid-Droplet Coalescence: CNN-based Reconstruction of Flow Fields from Concentration Fields

VK Babu, NB Padhan, R Pandit - arXiv preprint arXiv:2410.04451, 2024 - arxiv.org
Liquid-droplet coalescence and the mergers of liquid lenses are problems of great practical
and theoretical interest in fluid dynamics and the statistical mechanics of multi-phase flows …

Coalescence of nematic liquid crystal droplets on freely suspended liquid crystal films

J Kaewthong, W Satienpaisan… - Journal of Physics …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Freely suspended smectic films of a few molecular layers thick is a model system that can be
used to study two dimensional phenomena. In our study, we drew a smectic C film across a …