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most citedOn explosive boiling of a multicomponent Leidenfrost drop

44 citations · 44 across the 5 of their papers we have counts for

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5 papers

physics.flu-dyn2024

Evaporation of acoustically levitated bicomponent droplets: mass and heat transfer characteristics

Yuki Wakata, Xing Chao, Chao Sun +1

Evaporation of multicomponent droplets is important in a wide range of applications, albeit complex, and requires a careful investigation. We experimentally and numerically investi…

cond-mat.soft2023

Universal thermal response of the multiscale nanodomains formed in trans-anethol/ethanol/water surfactant-free microemulsion

Mingbo Li, Yuki Wakata, Hao Zeng +1

Hypothesis: Surfactant-free microemulsion (SFME), an emerging phenomenology that occurs in the monophasic zone of a broad category of ternary mixtures 'hydrophobe/hydrotrope/water'…

physics.flu-dyn2023

How roughness and thermal properties of a solid substrate determine the Leidenfrost temperature: Experiments and a model

Yuki Wakata, Xiaoliang Chen, Ning Zhu +3

In this Letter, we systematically investigate the Leidenfrost temperature for hot solid substrates with various thermal diffusivities and surface roughnesses. Based on the experime…

physics.flu-dyn2023

On evaporation dynamics of an acoustically levitated multicomponent droplet: evaporation-triggered phase transition and freezing

Hao Zeng, Yuki Wakata, Xing Chao +2

Hypothesis: Multi-component droplet evaporation has received significant attention in recent years due to the broad range of applications such as material science, environmental mo…

physics.flu-dyn2021★ 44 cited

On explosive boiling of a multicomponent Leidenfrost drop

Sijia Lyu, Huanshu Tan, Yuki Wakata +4

The gasification of multicomponent fuel drops is relevant in various energy-related technologies. An interesting phenomenon associated with this process is the self-induced explosi…