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Bubble Control, Levitation, and Manipulation Using Dielectrophoresis by Brown, Carl V., Edwards, Andrew M. J., Roberts, Abigail, Newton, Michael I., Sage, Ian C., Ledesma‐Aguilar, Rodrigo, McHale, Glen

“…Bubbles attached to surfaces are ubiquitous in nature and in industry. However, bubbles are problematic in important technologies, including causing damage to…”
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Transforming Auxetic Metamaterials into Superhydrophobic Surfaces by McHale, Glen, Alderson, Andrew, Armstrong, Steven, Mandhani, Shruti, Meyari, Mahya, Wells, Gary G., Carter, Emma, Ledesma‐Aguilar, Rodrigo, Semprebon, Ciro, Evans, Kenneth E.

“…Superhydrophobic materials are often inspired by nature, whereas metamaterials are engineered to have properties not usually occurring naturally. In both, the…”
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Pinning-Free Evaporation of Sessile Droplets of Water from Solid Surfaces by Armstrong, Steven, McHale, Glen, Ledesma-Aguilar, Rodrigo, Wells, Gary G

“…Contact-line pinning is a fundamental limitation to the motion of contact lines of liquids on solid surfaces. When a sessile droplet evaporates, contact-line…”
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Lattice-Boltzmann Simulations of Electrowetting Phenomena by Ruiz-Gutiérrez, Élfego, Ledesma-Aguilar, Rodrigo

“…When a voltage difference is applied between a conducting liquid and a conducting (solid) electrode, the liquid is observed to spread on the solid. This…”
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A sublimation heat engine by Wells, Gary G., Ledesma-Aguilar, Rodrigo, McHale, Glen, Sefiane, Khellil

“…Heat engines are based on the physical realization of a thermodynamic cycle, most famously the liquid–vapour Rankine cycle used for steam engines. Here we…”
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Enhanced motility of a microswimmer in rigid and elastic confinement by Ledesma-Aguilar, Rodrigo, Yeomans, Julia M

“…We analyze the effect of confining rigid and elastic boundaries on the motility of a model dipolar microswimmer. Flexible boundaries are deformed by the…”
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Contact-Angle Hysteresis and Contact-Line Friction on Slippery Liquid-like Surfaces by Barrio-Zhang, Hernán, Ruiz-Gutiérrez, Élfego, Armstrong, Steven, McHale, Glen, Wells, Gary G, Ledesma-Aguilar, Rodrigo

“…Contact-line pinning and dynamic friction are fundamental forces that oppose the motion of droplets on solid surfaces. Everyday experience suggests that if a…”
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Snap evaporation of droplets on smooth topographies by Wells, Gary G., Ruiz-Gutiérrez, Élfego, Le Lirzin, Youen, Nourry, Anthony, Orme, Bethany V., Pradas, Marc, Ledesma-Aguilar, Rodrigo

“…Droplet evaporation on solid surfaces is important in many applications including printing, micro-patterning and cooling. While seemingly simple, the…”
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Controlling the breakup of toroidal liquid films on solid surfaces by Edwards, Andrew M. J., Ruiz-Gutiérrez, Élfego, Newton, Michael I., McHale, Glen, Wells, Gary G., Ledesma-Aguilar, Rodrigo, Brown, Carl V.

“…The breakup of a slender filament of liquid driven by surface tension is a classical fluid dynamics stability problem that is important in many situations…”
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Cassie’s Law Reformulated: Composite Surfaces from Superspreading to Superhydrophobic by McHale, Glen, Ledesma-Aguilar, Rodrigo, Neto, Chiara

“…In 1948, Cassie provided an equation describing the wetting of a smooth, heterogeneous surface. He proposed that the cosine of the contact angle, θc, for a…”
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Apparent Contact Angles on Lubricant-Impregnated Surfaces/SLIPS: From Superhydrophobicity to Electrowetting by McHale, Glen, Orme, Bethany V, Wells, Gary G, Ledesma-Aguilar, Rodrigo

“…A fundamental limitation of liquids on many surfaces is their contact line pinning. This limitation can be overcome by infusing a nonvolatile and immiscible…”
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The Liquid Young’s Law on SLIPS: Liquid–Liquid Interfacial Tensions and Zisman Plots by McHale, Glen, Afify, Nasser, Armstrong, Steven, Wells, Gary G., Ledesma-Aguilar, Rodrigo

“…Slippery liquid-infused porous surfaces (SLIPS) are an innovation that reduces droplet-solid contact line pinning and interfacial friction. Recently, it has…”
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Competing Bifurcations Determine Symmetry Breaking During Droplet Snaps on Smooth Patterned Surfaces by Bisquert, Lucile, Ruiz-Gutiérrez, Élfego, Pradas, Marc, Ledesma-Aguilar, Rodrigo

“…The shape and stability of a droplet in contact with a solid surface is affected by the chemical composition and topography of the solid, and crucially, by the…”
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Friction Coefficients for Droplets on Solids: The Liquid–Solid Amontons’ Laws by McHale, Glen, Gao, Nan, Wells, Gary G, Barrio-Zhang, Hernán, Ledesma-Aguilar, Rodrigo

“…The empirical laws of dry friction between two solid bodies date back to the work of Amontons in 1699 and are pre-dated by the work of Leonardo da Vinci…”
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Droplet Self-Propulsion on Slippery Liquid-Infused Surfaces with Dual-Lubricant Wedge-Shaped Wettability Patterns by Pelizzari, Michele, McHale, Glen, Armstrong, Steven, Zhao, Hongyu, Ledesma-Aguilar, Rodrigo, Wells, Gary G., Kusumaatmaja, Halim

“…Young’s equation is fundamental to the concept of the wettability of a solid surface. It defines the contact angle for a droplet on a solid surface through a…”
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Beyond Leidenfrost levitation: A thin-film boiling engine for controlled power generation by Agrawal, Prashant, Wells, Gary G., Ledesma-Aguilar, Rodrigo, McHale, Glen, Sefiane, Khellil

“…•We present a thin-film boiling engine with a manual control of the power output.•We support the weight of the rotors and indirectly vary the pressure in the…”
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Self-propelled droplet transport on shaped-liquid surfaces by Launay, Gaby, Sadullah, Muhammad Subkhi, McHale, Glen, Ledesma-Aguilar, Rodrigo, Kusumaatmaja, Halim, Wells, Gary G.

“…The transport of small amounts of liquids on solid surfaces is fundamental for microfluidics applications. Technologies allowing control of droplets of liquid…”
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Droplet Retention and Shedding on Slippery Substrates by Orme, Bethany V, McHale, Glen, Ledesma-Aguilar, Rodrigo, Wells, Gary G

“…A significant limitation for droplet mobility on solid surfaces is to overcome the inherent pinning of the droplet’s contact line that occurs because of…”
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Transition boiling bubble powered micro-engine using a Leidenfrost bearing by Agrawal, Prashant, Buchoux, Anthony, Wells, Gary G., Ledesma-Aguilar, Rodrigo, Walton, Anthony J., Terry, Jonathan G., McHale, Glen, Sefiane, Khellil, Stokes, Adam A.

“…Overcoming friction while generating useful torque is a challenge for micro engines. Here we report the development of a microscale engine that utilizes…”
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Interfacial Strategies for Smart Slippery Surfaces by McHale, Glen, Ledesma-Aguilar, Rodrigo, Wells, Gary George

“…The problem of contact line pinning on surfaces is pervasive and contributes to problems from ring stains to ice formation. Here we provide a single conceptual…”
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