Search Results - "Bird, James"
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Enrichment of Scavenged Particles in Jet Drops Determined by Bubble Size and Particle Position
Published in Physical review letters (03-02-2023)“…When small bubbles rupture in a contaminated water source, the resulting liquid jet breaks up into droplets that can aerosolize solid particulates such as…”
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Hot surfaces cooled by isolating steam from spray
Published in Nature (London) (27-01-2022)“…An innovative microstructure design distributes water to rapidly cool a hot surface without interference from the steam that is created in the process. This…”
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Heat exchange between a bouncing drop and a superhydrophobic substrate
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (03-07-2017)“…The ability to enhance or limit heat transfer between a surface and impacting drops is important in applications ranging from industrial spray cooling to the…”
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Reducing the contact time of a bouncing drop
Published in Nature (London) (21-11-2013)“…There are many uses for surfaces that can stay dry, self-clean or resist icing, and many applications benefit from minimizing the contact time between a…”
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A new wrinkle on liquid sheets: Turning the mechanism of viscous bubble collapse upside down
Published in Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) (07-08-2020)“…Slower-motion bubble collapse The collapse of viscous bubbles is of practical interest to geophysics, glass manufacturing, and food processing. Previous…”
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Increasing Leidenfrost point using micro-nano hierarchical surface structures
Published in Applied physics letters (11-11-2013)“…The Leidenfrost effect is undesirable in cooling applications as the vapor layer on which the liquid levitates acts as a heat transfer barrier. Here, we report…”
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Universal non-monotonic drainage in large bare viscous bubbles
Published in Nature communications (16-02-2023)“…Bubbles will rest at the surface of a liquid bath until their spherical cap drains sufficiently to spontaneously rupture. For large film caps, the memory of…”
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Short-time dynamics of partial wetting
Published in Physical review letters (13-06-2008)“…When a liquid drop contacts a wettable surface, the liquid spreads over the solid to minimize the total surface energy. The first moments of spreading tend to…”
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Microscale heterogeneous pore occupancy with variable background resistance
Published in Journal of colloid and interface science (15-02-2022)“…[Display omitted] Fluid flow through porous media often involves the spontaneous displacement of one immiscible fluid by another. On the level of adjacent…”
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Daughter bubble cascades produced by folding of ruptured thin films
Published in Nature (London) (10-06-2010)“…Thin liquid films, such as soap bubbles, have been studied extensively for over a century because they are easily formed and mediate a wide range of transport…”
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A simple fluid dynamic model of renal pelvis pressures during ureteroscopic kidney stone treatment
Published in PloS one (29-11-2018)“…Ureteroscopy is an endoscopic kidney stone removal procedure which increases the internal pressure in the renal pelvis, the kidney's urinary collecting system…”
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Asymmetric capillary bridges between contacting spheres
Published in Journal of colloid and interface science (15-09-2015)“…[Display omitted] When a drop of liquid wets two identical solid spheres, the liquid forms a capillary bridge between the spheres to minimize surface energy…”
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Shooting Rubber Bands: Two Self-Similar Retractions for a Stretched Elastic Wedge
Published in Physical review letters (11-01-2019)“…Stretching and shooting rubber bands is a familiar experience for both children and adults, yet the initial dynamics are so quick that they are generally…”
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Elucidating the effects of microbubble pinch‐off dynamics on mammalian cell viability
Published in Biotechnology and bioengineering (01-02-2024)“…In the biotechnology industry, ensuring the health and viability of mammalian cells, especially Chinese Hamster Ovary (CHO) cells, plays a significant role in…”
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Quantifying the potential for bursting bubbles to damage suspended cells
Published in Scientific reports (08-11-2017)“…Bubbles that rise to the surface of a cell suspension can damage cells when they pop. This phenomenon is particularly problematic in the biotechnology…”
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Surface coatings including fingerprint residues can significantly alter the size and shape of bloodstains
Published in Forensic science international (01-02-2019)“…•Different coatings and residues on the same underlying surface can alter the size and shape of blood stains.•Human blood drops that land on glass with latent…”
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Trapping a Hot Drop on a Superhydrophobic Surface with Rapid Condensation or Microtexture Melting
Published in Micromachines (Basel) (02-11-2018)“…A water drop can bounce upon impacting a superhydrophobic surface. However, on certain superhydrophobic surfaces, a water drop will stick rather than bounce if…”
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Critical angle for electrically driven coalescence of two conical droplets
Published in Physical review letters (16-10-2009)“…Oppositely charged drops attract one another and, when the drops are sufficiently close, electrical stresses deform the leading edges of each drop into cones…”
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Capillary Displacement of Viscous Liquids
Published in Langmuir (05-04-2016)“…When a capillary tube is brought into contact with a wetting liquid, surface tension forces overcome gravity and the liquid spontaneously rises into the tube…”
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Inclined to splash: triggering and inhibiting a splash with tangential velocity
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