Contact Line Dynamics and Droplet Spreading
A special issue of Fluids (ISSN 2311-5521).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2024 | Viewed by 15728
Special Issue Editors
Interests: microfluidics; nanofluidics; interfacial physics; nano-medicine; rheology; hemodynamics
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Interests: multiphase flow; droplet; jet; interface; acoustic field; transport phenomena; levitation; heat transfer; evaporation; instability; Marangoni effect; visualization
Interests: experimental investigations in multiphase flow; porous media; heat and mass transfer by X-Ray microCT (micro-computed tomography); LDA and PDA (Laser Doppler Anemometry and laser Phase Doppler Anemometry); fluids contact angle determination in complex surfaces and wettability; droplet dynamics and interactions (atomizer; spray; injectors)
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Contact line dynamics occurs when a liquid encounters a solid surface. The physics of liquid contact line dynamics and droplet spreading involves interfacial science and fluid dynamics. Contact line dynamics and droplet spreading significantly impact a wide range of scientific fields and technologies, such as micro-fluidic devices, nano-fluidic devices, printed electronics, nano-printing, 3D printing, bio-printing, coating technology, phase-change heat transfer, etc. A contact line is a region with a complex structure due to the complexity of the solid surface, liquid rheology and its physical properties, as well as the geometry of the three-phase (gas/liquid/solid) system.
In this Special Issue we aim to explore the advances in the area of moving contact line dynamics and droplet spreading and their applications in biotechnology, micro-fluidics, nano-fluidics, printing and coating technologies, as well as heat transfer. Potential topics for submission in this Special Issue include but are not limited to:
- Progress in the current modeling of contact line dynamics;
- Application of contact line dynamics for development in biotechnology;
- Contact line dynamics in micro-fluidic devices;
- Contact line dynamics in drug delivery systems;
- Droplet spreading on hydrophobic, superhydrophobic and icephobic surfaces;
- Droplet evaporation on surfaces and its application in COVID-19 aerosol droplets on surfaces;
- Droplet spreading on face masks;
- Printed electronics;
- Coating technology;
- Micro/nano printing;
- Contact line dynamics of volatile and nonvolatile liquids;
- Machine learning and AI in contact line dynamics and droplet spreading.
Dr. Alireza Mohammad Karim
Dr. Koji Hasegawa
Dr. Maurizio Santini
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- contact line
- droplet
- complex liquid
- contact angle
- spreading
- rheology