4 papers
Influence of van der Waals forces on the instability of a liquid film in a tube
Yixiao Mao, Chengxi Zhao, Yixin Zhang +2
The instability of a liquid film in a nanotube is significantly influenced by van der Waals forces. A theoretical framework based on the axisymmetric Stokes equations is developed…
Why and when merging surface nanobubbles jump
Yixin Zhang, Xiangyu Zhang, Detlef Lohse
Gas bubble accumulation on substrates reduces the efficiency of many physicochemical processes, such as water electrolysis. For microbubbles, where buoyancy is negligible, coalesce…
Linear stability theory and molecular simulations of nanofilm dewetting with disjoining pressure, strong liquid-solid slip, and thermal fluctuations
Yixin Zhang
The dewetting of thin nanofilms is significantly impacted by thermal fluctuations, liquid-solid slip, and disjoining pressure, which can be described by lubrication equations augme…
Threshold Current Density for Diffusion-controlled Stability of Electrolytic Surface Nanobubbles
Yixin Zhang, Xiaojue Zhu, Jeffery A. Wood +1
Understanding the stability mechanism of surface micro/nanobubbles adhered to gas-evolving electrodes is essential for improving the efficiency of water electrolysis, which is know…