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Off-lattice Monte-Carlo approach for studying nucleation and evaporation phenomena at the molecular scale
Panagiotis E. Theodorakis, Y. Wang, A. Chen +1
Droplet nucleation and evaporation are ubiquitous in nature and many technological applications, such as phase-change cooling and boiling heat transfer. So far, the description of…
Droplet control based on pinning and substrate wettability
Panagiotis E. Theodorakis, Alidad Amirfazli, Bin Hu +1
Pinning of liquid droplets on solid substrates is ubiquitous and plays an essential role in many applications, especially in various areas, such as microfluidics and biology. Altho…
Antidurotaxis Droplet Motion onto Gradient Brush Substrates
Russell Kajouri, Panagiotis E. Theodorakis, Jan Židek +1
Durotaxis motion is a spectacular phenomenon manifesting itself by the autonomous motion of a nano-object between parts of a substrate with different stiffness. This motion usually…
Multiscale Simulation of Fluids: Coupling Molecular and Continuum
Edward R. Smith, Panagiotis E. Theodorakis
Computer simulation is an important tool for scientific progress, especially when lab experiments are either extremely costly and difficult or lack the required resolution. However…
Liquid Thread Breakup and the Formation of Satellite Droplets
Luís H. Carnevale, Piotr Deuar, Zhizhao Che +1
The breakup of liquid threads into smaller droplets is a fundamental problem in fluid dynamics. In this study, we estimate the characteristic wavelength of the breakup process by m…
Rugotaxis: Droplet motion without external energy supply
Panagiotis E. Theodorakis, Sergei A. Egorov, Andrey Milchev
Nano-patterned substrates offer possibilities for controlling the motion of fluids without external energy supply in novel technologies in microfluidics, coatings, etc. Here, we re…
Coalescence of surfactant-laden droplets
Soheil Arbabi, Piotr Deuar, Mateusz Denys +3
Droplet coalescence is an important process in nature and various technologies (e.g. inkjet printing). Here, we unveil the surfactant mass-transport mechanism and report on several…
Unidirectional Droplet Propulsion onto Gradient Brushes without External Energy Supply
Russell Kajouri, Panagiotis E. Theodorakis, Piotr Deuar +4
Using extensive molecular dynamics simulation of a coarse-grained model, we demonstrate the possibility of sustained unidirectional motion (durotaxis) of droplets without external…