Tailoring wettability to push the limits of condensation

Pushing the Limit of Beetle‐Inspired Condensation on Biphilic Quasi‐Liquid Surfaces

(2023) Dylan Boylan et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Efficient removal of condensate droplets from the surface with microgroove composite structures

(2023) Yanling Wan et al.   JOURNAL OF MICROMECHANICS AND MICROENGINEERING

Electrically Manipulated Vapor Condensation on the Dimpled Surface: Insights from Molecular Dynamics Simulations

(2023) Shao-Yu Wang et al.   Langmuir

Memory Re-Condensation

(2023) Nicolas Lavielle et al.   Langmuir

Out-of-Plane Biphilic Surface Structuring for Enhanced Capillary-Driven Dropwise Condensation

(2023) Luca Stendardo et al.   Langmuir

Superhydrophobic Surface Designing for Efficient Atmospheric Water Harvesting Aided by Intelligent Computer Vision

(2023) Hok Yin Wong et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Inhibition of condensation-induced droplet wetting by nano-hierarchical surfaces

(2023) Jiayu Song et al.   CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL

Numerical Simulation of Vapor Dropwise Condensation Process and Droplet Growth Mode

(2023) Yali Guo et al.   Energies

Water vapor condensation on substrates with nanoscale hydrophilic spots: A molecular dynamics study

(2023) Zi-Jie Wang et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER

Electric Field-Induced Water Condensation Visualized by Vapor-Phase Transmission Electron Microscopy

(2023) Yuhang Wang et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry A

Preferred Mode of Atmospheric Water Vapor Condensation on Nanoengineered Surfaces: Dropwise or Filmwise?

(2023) Tibin M. Thomas et al.   Langmuir

Experimental study for enhancing condensation on large-scale surface using hybrid hydrophilic-hydrophobic patterns

(2023) Mostafa A. Mohamed et al.   Case Studies in Thermal Engineering

Life Span of Slippery Lubricant Infused Surfaces

(2022) Muhammad Jahidul Hoque et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Polydimethylsiloxane‐Silane Synergy enables Dropwise Condensation of Low Surface Tension Liquids

(2022) Kazi Fazle Rabbi et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Quasi-Liquid Surfaces for Sustainable High-Performance Steam Condensation

(2022) Deepak Monga et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

A Lipid-Inspired Highly Adhesive Interface for Durable Superhydrophobicity in Wet Environments and Stable Jumping Droplet Condensation

(2022) Jingcheng Ma et al.   ACS Nano

Quantification of Nucleation Site Density as a Function of Surface Wettability on Smooth Surfaces

(2022) Anthony Katselas et al.   Advanced Materials Interfaces

The role of shadowed droplets in condensation heat transfer

(2022) George Memos et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER

Machine learning enabled condensation heat transfer measurement

(2022) Siavash Khodakarami et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER

Robust silane self-assembled monolayer coatings on plasma-engineered copper surfaces promoting dropwise condensation

(2022) Ruisong Wang et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER

Ultrathin Durable Organic Hydrophobic Coatings Enhancing Dropwise Condensation Heat Transfer

(2022) Abinash Tripathy et al.   LANGMUIR

Condensation droplet sieve

(2022) Chen Ma et al.   Nature Communications

Controlling the condensation of vapor by electric field: A molecular dynamics simulation study

(2022) Pengyu Wang et al.   APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE

Novel solid-infused durable nonwetting surfaces for sustained condensation heat transfer enhancement

(2022) S. Hatte et al.   APPLIED THERMAL ENGINEERING

Nucleation of water vapor on nanodimpled surfaces: Effects of curvature radius and surface wettability

(2022) Shao-Yu Wang et al.   APPLIED THERMAL ENGINEERING

Investigation of biphilic microgroove surface on condensation Enhancement: A 3D Lattice Boltzmann method study

(2022) Jingtan Chen et al.   APPLIED THERMAL ENGINEERING

Dropwise condensation heat transfer on vertical superhydrophobic surfaces with gradient microgrooves in humid air

(2022) Suchen Wu et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER

Marangoni-induced reversal of meniscus-climbing microdroplets

(2022) Jianxing Sun et al.   Soft Matter

Microchannel-elevated micromembrane for sustainable phase-separation condensation

(2022) Li Shan et al.   Joule

Advances in micro and nanoengineered surfaces for enhancing boiling and condensation heat transfer: a review

(2022) Nithin Vinod Upot et al.   Nanoscale Advances

Drop size measurement techniques for sprays: Comparison of image analysis, phase Doppler particle analysis, and laser diffraction

(2021) R. Sijs et al.   AIP Advances

Charge Density Gradient Propelled Ultrafast Sweeping Removal of Dropwise Condensates

(2021) Chenglin Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B

Depletion of the Lubricant from Lubricant-Infused Surfaces due to an Air/Water Interface

(2021) Sam Peppou-Chapman et al.   LANGMUIR

Elucidating the Mechanism of Condensation-Mediated Degradation of Organofunctional Silane Self-Assembled Monolayer Coatings

(2021) Ruisong Wang et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Dropwise condensation of low surface tension fluids on lubricant-infused surfaces: Droplet size distribution and heat transfer

(2021) J.Y. Ho et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER

Delayed Lubricant Depletion of Slippery Liquid Infused Porous Surfaces Using Precision Nanostructures

(2021) Sophia K. Laney et al.   LANGMUIR

Reflected Laser Interferometry: A Versatile Tool to Probe Condensation of Low-Surface-Tension Droplets

(2021) Sirshendu Misra et al.   LANGMUIR

Robust Micro-Nanostructured Superhydrophobic Surfaces for Long-Term Dropwise Condensation

(2021) Yu Tang et al.   NANO LETTERS

Unique and universal dew-repellency of nanocones

(2021) Pierre Lecointre et al.   Nature Communications

Droplet evaporation during dropwise condensation due to deposited volatile organic compounds

(2021) Xiongjiang Yu et al.   AIP Advances

Lossless, Passive Transportation of Low Surface Tension Liquids Induced by Patterned Omniphobic Liquidlike Polymer Brushes

(2021) Mohammad Soltani et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Bioinspired functional SLIPSs and wettability gradient surfaces and their synergistic cooperation and opportunities for enhanced condensate and fluid transport

(2021) Fengyong Lv et al.   ADVANCES IN COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE

Marangoni condensation of steam-ethanol mixtures on a horizontal smooth tube

(2021) Saqib Jivani et al.   EXPERIMENTAL THERMAL AND FLUID SCIENCE

Gradient mixed wettability surfaces for enhancing heat transfer in dropwise flow condensation

(2021) Taher Abbasiasl et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER

Enhanced condensation on a biphilic-zigzag surface due to self-arrangement of crystals on a micro-structured surface

(2021) Taeyang Han et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER

Dropwise condensation of acetone and ethanol for a high-performance lubricant-impregnated thermosyphon

(2021) Donghyun Seo et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER

Enhanced Water Nucleation and Growth Based on Microdroplet Mobility on Lubricant-Infused Surfaces

(2021) Jianxing Sun et al.   LANGMUIR

Biphilic Surfaces with Optimum Hydrophobic Islands on a Superhydrophobic Background for Dropwise Flow Condensation

(2021) Mirvahid Mohammadpour Chehrghani et al.   LANGMUIR

Dewetting from Amphiphilic Minichannel Surfaces during Condensation

(2020) Rebecca L. Winter et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Increased droplet coalescence using electrowetting on dielectric (EWOD)

(2020) Sara Högnadóttir et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Dropwise condensation on solid hydrophilic surfaces

(2020) Hyeongyun Cha et al.   Science Advances

Condensation of Satellite Droplets on Lubricant-Cloaked Droplets

(2020) Qiaoyu Ge et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Density Maximization of One-Step Electrodeposited Copper Nanocones and Dropwise Condensation Heat-Transfer Performance Evaluation

(2020) Rui Wang et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Dynamic Wettability on the Lubricant-Impregnated Surface: From Nucleation to Growth and Coalescence

(2020) Lin Guo et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

AC electrowetting promoted droplet shedding on hydrophobic surfaces

(2020) Enakshi D. Wikramanayake et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Composite Structured Surfaces for Durable Dropwise Condensation

(2020) Ho Chan Chang et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER

Precursor-Film-Mediated Thermocapillary Motion of Low-Surface-Tension Microdroplets

(2020) Hideaki Teshima et al.   LANGMUIR

Depletion of Lubricant from Nanostructured Oil-Infused Surfaces by Pendant Condensate Droplets

(2020) Solomon Adera et al.   ACS Nano

Droplet Self-Propulsion on Superhydrophobic Microtracks

(2020) Christos Stamatopoulos et al.   ACS Nano

Spontaneous thermocapillary motion of condensation droplets

(2020) Ji-Long Zhu et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Recent developments, challenges, and pathways to stable dropwise condensation: A perspective

(2020) Jingcheng Ma et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Reviews of atmospheric water harvesting technologies

(2020) Rang Tu et al.   ENERGY

Enhanced Condensation on Liquid-Infused Nanoporous Surfaces by Vibration-Assisted Droplet Sweeping

(2020) Inkyu Oh et al.   ACS Nano

Laplace Pressure Driven Single-Droplet Jumping on Structured Surfaces

(2020) Xiao Yan et al.   ACS Nano

Transient pulse condensation

(2020) Soumyadip Sett et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

A review of dropwise condensation: Theory, modeling, experiments, and applications

(2020) Bachir El Fil et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER

The challenge of lubricant-replenishment on lubricant-impregnated surfaces

(2020) Philipp Baumli et al.   ADVANCES IN COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE

Electrowetting‐Controlled Dropwise Condensation with Patterned Electrodes: Physical Principles, Modeling, and Application Perspectives

(2020) Harmen Hoek et al.   Advanced Materials Interfaces

A critical review of filmwise natural and forced convection condensation on enhanced surfaces

(2020) J.Y. Ho et al.   APPLIED THERMAL ENGINEERING

Event-driven Simulation of Multi-scale Dropwise Condensation

(2020) Zhifeng Hu et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER

Grooves Accelerate Dew Shedding

(2019) Pierre-Brice Bintein et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Size distribution theory for jumping-droplet condensation

(2019) Lenan Zhang et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Stable Dropwise Condensation of Ethanol and Hexane on Rationally Designed Ultrascalable Nanostructured Lubricant-Infused Surfaces

(2019) Soumyadip Sett et al.   NANO LETTERS

Condensation Induced Delamination of Nanoscale Hydrophobic Films

(2019) Jingcheng Ma et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Falling-droplet-enhanced filmwise condensation in the presence of non-condensable gas

(2019) Rongfu Wen et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER

Directional Transport of a Liquid Drop between Parallel–Nonparallel Combinative Plates

(2018) Yao Huang et al.   LANGMUIR

Thermal conductivity of polymers and polymer nanocomposites

(2018) Congliang Huang et al.   MATERIALS SCIENCE & ENGINEERING R-REPORTS

Heat Transfer Enhancement During Water and Hydrocarbon Condensation on Lubricant Infused Surfaces

(2018) Daniel J. Preston et al.   Scientific Reports

Nanograssed Micro-V-Groove Architectures for Continuous Dropwise Condensation and Droplet Directional Movement

(2018) Jian Dong et al.   Advanced Materials Interfaces

Rationally 3D-Textured Copper Surfaces for Laplace Pressure Imbalance-Induced Enhancement in Dropwise Condensation

(2018) Chander Shekhar Sharma et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Mapping Depletion of Lubricant Films on Antibiofouling Wrinkled Slippery Surfaces

(2018) Sam Peppou-Chapman et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Dropwise condensation on superhydrophobic nanostructure surface, Part I: Long-term operation and nanostructure failure

(2018) Jian Xie et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER

Condensate droplet size distribution on lubricant-infused surfaces

(2017) Patricia B. Weisensee et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER

Relationship between condensed droplet coalescence and surface wettability

(2017) Fuqiang Chu et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER

Nanoscale-Agglomerate-Mediated Heterogeneous Nucleation

(2017) Hyeongyun Cha et al.   NANO LETTERS

Antifogging abilities of model nanotextures

(2017) Timothée Mouterde et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Spontaneous Wenzel to Cassie dewetting transition on structured surfaces

(2016) Bo Zhang et al.   Physical Review Fluids

Design and Fabrication of a Hybrid Superhydrophobic–Hydrophilic Surface That Exhibits Stable Dropwise Condensation

(2015) Bikash Mondal et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Self-propelled sweeping removal of dropwise condensate

(2015) Xiaopeng Qu et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Dropwise condensation theory revisited Part II. Droplet nucleation density and condensation heat flux

(2015) Xiuliang Liu et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER

Water-Induced Blister Formation in a Thin Film Polymer

(2015) Robin P. Berkelaar et al.   LANGMUIR

Scalable Graphene Coatings for Enhanced Condensation Heat Transfer

(2015) Daniel J. Preston et al.   NANO LETTERS

Dropwise Condensation of Low Surface Tension Fluids on Omniphobic Surfaces

(2014) Konrad Rykaczewski et al.   Scientific Reports

Electric-Field-Enhanced Condensation on Superhydrophobic Nanostructured Surfaces

(2013) Nenad Miljkovic et al.   ACS Nano

Self-cleaning of superhydrophobic surfaces by self-propelled jumping condensate

(2013) K. M. Wisdom et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Self-similarity of contact line depinning from textured surfaces

(2013) Adam T. Paxson et al.   Nature Communications

Electrostatic charging of jumping droplets

(2013) Nenad Miljkovic et al.   Nature Communications

Enhanced Condensation on Lubricant-Impregnated Nanotextured Surfaces

(2012) Sushant Anand et al.   ACS Nano

Effect of Droplet Morphology on Growth Dynamics and Heat Transfer during Condensation on Superhydrophobic Nanostructured Surfaces

(2012) Nenad Miljkovic et al.   ACS Nano

Jumping-Droplet-Enhanced Condensation on Scalable Superhydrophobic Nanostructured Surfaces

(2012) Nenad Miljkovic et al.   NANO LETTERS

Reversible switching between superhydrophobic states on a hierarchically structured surface

(2012) T. Verho et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Thermodynamic Investigation of the Barrier for Heterogeneous Nucleation on a Fluid Surface in Comparison with a Rigid Surface

(2011) Fatemeh Eslami et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B

The Softer the Better: Fast Condensation on Soft Surfaces

(2009) Mordechai Sokuler et al.   LANGMUIR

Self-Propelled Dropwise Condensate on Superhydrophobic Surfaces

(2009) Jonathan B. Boreyko et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Wetting and Roughness

(2008) David Quéré   Annual Review of Materials Research