Search Results - "McHale, Glen"

Topological liquid diode by Li, Jiaqian, Zhou, Xiaofeng, Li, Jing, Che, Lufeng, Yao, Jun, McHale, Glen, Chaudhury, Manoj K, Wang, Zuankai

“…The last two decades have witnessed an explosion of interest in the field of droplet-based microfluidics for their multifarious applications. Despite rapid…”
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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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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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superhydrophobicity of polymer surfaces: Recent developments by Shirtcliffe, Neil J, McHale, Glen, Newton, Michael I

“…Superhydrophobicity is the extreme water repellence of highly textured surfaces. The field of superhydrophobicity research has reached a stage where huge…”
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Tuning contact line dynamics on slippery silicone oil grafted surfaces for sessile droplet evaporation by Raynard, Astrid, Abbas, Anam, Armstrong, Steven, Wells, Gary G., McHale, Glen, Sefiane, Khellil, Orejon, Daniel

“…Controlling the dynamics of droplet evaporation is critical to numerous fundamental and industrial applications. The three main modes of evaporation so far…”
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Planar selective Leidenfrost propulsion without physically structured substrates or walls by Dodd, Linzi E., Agrawal, Prashant, Geraldi, Nicasio R., Xu, Ben B., Wells, Gary G., Martin, James, Newton, Michael I., McHale, Glen, Wood, David

“…The Leidenfrost effect allows droplets to be transported on a virtually frictionless layer of vapor above a superheated substrate. The substrates are normally…”
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Plastron properties of a superhydrophobic surface by Shirtcliffe, Neil J., McHale, Glen, Newton, Michael I., Perry, Carole C., Pyatt, F. Brian

“…Most insects and spiders drown when submerged during flooding or tidal inundation, but some are able to survive and others can remain submerged indefinitely…”
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Wetting considerations in capillary rise and imbibition in closed square tubes and open rectangular cross-section channels by Ouali, F. Fouzia, McHale, Glen, Javed, Haadi, Trabi, Christophe, Shirtcliffe, Neil J., Newton, Michael I.

“…The spontaneous capillary-driven filling of microchannels is important for a wide range of applications. These channels are often rectangular in cross-section,…”
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Reduction of ice adhesion on nanostructured and nanoscale slippery surfaces by Haworth, Luke, Yang, Deyu, Agrawal, Prashant, Torun, Hamdi, Hou, Xianghui, McHale, Glen, Fu, Yongqing

“…Ice nucleation and accretion on structural surfaces are sources of major safety and operational concerns in many industries including aviation and renewable…”
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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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Non-wetting of condensation-induced droplets on smooth monolayer suspended graphene with contact angle approaching 180 degrees by Wang, Haidong, Orejon, Daniel, Song, Dongxing, Zhang, Xing, McHale, Glen, Takamatsu, Hiroshi, Takata, Yasuyuki, Sefiane, Khellil

“…Superhydrophobicity is usually achieved by a combination of chemical hydrophobicity and surface topography due to an inability to attain complete non-wetting…”
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Biaxially Morphing Droplet Shape by an Active Surface by Wang, Ding, Liu, Yingzhi, Sridhar, Sreepathy, Li, Yifan, McHale, Glen, Lu, Haibao, Yu, Ziyi, Wang, Steven, Xu, Ben Bin

“…Drop morphology can be manipulated by designing localized solid/liquid interactions to create a favorable interfacial energy equilibrium. A topographical…”
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Effects of hydrophobicity on splash erosion of model soil particles by a single water drop impact by Ahn, Sujung, Doerr, Stefan H., Douglas, Peter, Bryant, Robert, Hamlett, Christopher A.E., McHale, Glen, Newton, Michael I., Shirtcliffe, Neil J.

“…ABSTRACT Raindrop impact can be a major contributor to particle mobilization for soils and other granular materials. In previous work, water repellent soils,…”
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Wet adhesion and adhesive locomotion of snails on anti-adhesive non-wetting surfaces by Shirtcliffe, Neil J, McHale, Glen, Newton, Michael I

“…Creating surfaces capable of resisting liquid-mediated adhesion is extremely difficult due to the strong capillary forces that exist between surfaces. Land…”
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Density−Viscosity Product of Small-Volume Ionic Liquid Samples Using Quartz Crystal Impedance Analysis by McHale, Glen, Hardacre, Chris, Ge, Rile, Doy, Nicola, Allen, Ray W. K, MacInnes, Jordan M, Bown, Mark R, Newton, Michael I

“…Quartz crystal impedance analysis has been developed as a technique to assess whether room-temperature ionic liquids are Newtonian fluids and as a small-volume…”
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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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Electrowetting on superhydrophobic SU-8 patterned surfaces by Herbertson, Dale L., Evans, Carl R., Shirtcliffe, Neil J., McHale, Glen, Newton, Michael I.

“…Electrowetting on micro-patterned layers of SU-8 photoresist with an amorphous Teflon ® coating has been observed. The cosine of the contact angle is shown to…”
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Flow and Drop Transport Along Liquid-Infused Surfaces by Hardt, Steffen, McHale, Glen

“…Liquid-infused surfaces (LISs) are composite solid-liquid surfaces with remarkable features such as liquid repellency, self-healing, and the suppression of…”
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Self-organization of hydrophobic soil and granular surfaces by McHale, Glen, Shirtcliffe, Neil J., Newton, Michael I., Pyatt, F. Brian, Doerr, Stefan H.

“…Soil can become extremely water repellent following forest fires or oil spillages, thus preventing penetration of water and increasing runoff and soil erosion…”
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A lichen protected by a super-hydrophobic and breathable structure by Shirtcliffe, Neil J., Brian Pyatt, F., Newton, Michael I., McHale, Glen

“…A species of lichen, Lecanora conizaeoides, is shown to be super-hydrophobic. It uses a combination of hydrophobic compounds and multi-layered roughness to…”
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