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20102026
most citedContact angle dependence on the fluid-wall dispersive energy

27 citations · 29 across the 14 of their papers we have counts for

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15 papers

cond-mat.soft2026

Diffusion of charged rods across 3D varying section channels

N. Ray, A. Semkiv, J. Harting +1

We analyze the transport of rod-like particles by diffusion and drift in a three-dimensional channel with varying circular or elliptic cross section. Applying the Fick-Jacobs appro…

physics.flu-dyn2026

Closed-Form Solution for Oscillatory Flow and Wall Shear Stress in Axisymmetric Corrugated Tubes

Frederik Keil, Paolo Malgaretti, Othmane Aouane +1

Pulsatile flow in corrugated tubes arises in hemodynamics and microfluidics, where oscillatory forcing and geometric constrictions jointly determine transport and wall loading. We…

cond-mat.soft2026

Free-Energy Analysis of Bubble Nucleation on Electrocatalytic Surfaces

Qingguang Xie, Paolo Malgaretti, Othmane Aouane +2

Bubble nucleation at catalyst surfaces plays a critical role in the operation of electrolyzers. However, achieving controlled bubble nucleation remains challenging due to limited u…

physics.flu-dyn2026

Swirl flow in microchannels: patterned slip walls enhance heat transport

L. G. Chej, M. F. Carusela, A. G. Monastra +2

Microchannel heat sinks (MCHS) are widely used for thermal management in high-power electronics due to their ability to dissipate large heat fluxes with minimal coolant consumption…

physics.chem-ph2025

How back reaction, hydrogen transport, and capillarity control the performance of hydrogen release from liquid organic carriers

Tatiana Nizkaia, Thomas Solymosi, Paolo Malgaretti +2

We derive a theoretical model to elucidate the inhibition of catalytic activity during the dehydrogenation of Liquid Organic Hydrogen Carriers (LOHC). Within our model, we account…

physics.flu-dyn2025

Spontaneous Emergence of Solitary Waves in Active Flow Networks with Elastic Elements

Rodrigo Fernández-Quevedo García, Gonçalo Cruz Antunes, Jens Harting +6

Flow networks are fundamental for understanding systems such as animal and plant vasculature or power distribution grids. These networks can encode, transmit, and transform informa…

cond-mat.soft2025

Zigzagging Diffusion and Non-Standard Transport in Particle-laden Nanopores Under Extreme Confinement

A. Baer, P. Malgaretti, K. Hoellring +2

Understanding transport subject to molecular-scale confinement is key to advancing nanofluidics, yet classical hydrodynamic laws often fail at these scales. Here, we study a model…

physics.flu-dyn2025

Modelling of the dewetting of ultra-thin liquid films on chemically patterned substrates: linear spectrum and deposition patterns

Tilman Richter, Paolo Malgaretti, Jens Harting

Liquid films of nanometric thickness are prone to spinodal dewetting driven by disjoining pressure, meaning that a non-wetting liquid film of homogeneous thickness in the range of…

physics.flu-dyn2025

Transport of electrolytes across nanochannels: the role of slip

F. Carusela, J. Harting, P. Malgaretti

We characterize the electrokinetic flow due to the transport of electrolytes embedded in nanochannels of varying cross-section with inhomogeneous slip on their walls, modeled as an…

physics.flu-dyn2024

Modeling of thin liquid films with arbitrary many layers

Tilman Richter, Paolo Malgaretti, Jens Harting

We propose the generalization of the thin film equation (TFE) to arbitrarily many immiscible liquid layers. Then, we provide different pathways for deriving the hydrodynamic pressu…

cond-mat.soft2024

Chemically reactive thin films: dynamics and stability

Tilman Richter, Paolo Malgaretti, Thomas M. Koller +1

Catalyst particles or complexes suspended in liquid films can trigger chemical reactions leading to inhomogeneous concentrations of reactants and products in the film. We demonstra…

cond-mat.soft2023

Electroneutrality breakdown for electrolytes embedded in varying-section nanopores

P. Malgaretti, I. Pagonabarraga, J. Harting

We determine the local charge dynamics of a electrolyte embedded in a varying-section channel. By means of an expansion based on the length scale separation between the axial…

cond-mat.soft2023

Closed formula for the transport of micro-nano-particle across model porous media

P. Malgaretti, J. Harting

In the last decade the Fick-Jacobs approximation has been exploited to capture the transport across constrictions. Here, we review the derivation of the Fick-Jacobs equation with p…

cond-mat.soft2021★ 2 cited

Phoretic colloids close to and trapped at fluid interfaces

Paolo Malgaretti, Jens Harting

The active motion of phoretic colloids leads them to accumulate at boundaries and interfaces. Such an excess accumulation, with respect to their passive counterparts, makes the dyn…

cond-mat.mes-hall2010★ 27 cited

Contact angle dependence on the fluid-wall dispersive energy

Martin Horsch, Martina Heitzig, Calin Dan +3

Vapor-liquid menisci of the truncated and shifted Lennard-Jones fluid between parallel planar walls are investigated by molecular dynamics simulation. Thereby, the characteristic e…