2 papers
physics.flu-dyn2020
Hydrodynamic constraints on the energy efficiency of droplet electricity generators
Cui Wang, Jia Zhou, Antoine Riaud +2
Electric energy generation from falling droplets has seen a hundred-fold rise in efficiency over the past year. However, even these newest devices can only extract a small portion…
cond-mat.soft2019
Printing surface charge as a new paradigm to program droplet transport
Qiangqiang Sun, Dehui Wang, Jiahui Zhang +8
Directed, long-range and self-propelled transport of droplets on solid surfaces, especially on water repellent surfaces, is crucial for many applications from water harvesting to b…