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20162024
most citedUnraveling the Salvinia paradox: design principles for submerged superhydrophobicity

51 citations · 102 across the 7 of their papers we have counts for

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7 papers

cond-mat.soft2024

Molecular origin of slippery behaviour in tethered liquid layers

Fabio Rasera, Isaac J. Gresham, Antonio Tinti +2

Slippery covalently attached liquid surfaces (SCALS) are a family of nanothin polymer layers with remarkably low static droplet friction, characterised by a low contact angle hyste…

cond-mat.soft20245 cited

Chemical Physics of Controlled Wettability and Super Surfaces

Carolina Brito, Hans-Jürgen Butt, Alberto Giacomello

Wetting phenomena are widespread in both natural and technological contexts. Despite the well-established nature of this scientific field and our extensive knowledge of its underly…

cond-mat.mes-hall2023

Voltage controlled iontronic switches: a computational method to predict electrowetting in hydrophobically gated nanopores

Gonçalo Paulo, Alberto Gubbiotti, Giovanni Di Muccio +1

Reliable and controllable switches are crucial in nanofluidics and iontronics. Ion channels in nature serve as a rich source of inspiration due to their intricate mechanisms modula…

cond-mat.soft202313 cited

What keeps nanopores boiling

Alberto Giacomello

The liquid to vapour transition can occur at unexpected conditions in nanopores, opening the door to fundamental questions and new technologies. The physics of boiling in confineme…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci202324 cited

Structural transformations in Cu, Ag, and Au metal nanoclusters

Manoj Settem, Cesare Roncaglia, Riccardo Ferrando +1

Finite-temperature structures of Cu, Ag, and Au metal nanoclusters are calculated in the entire temperature range from 0 K to melting using a computational methodology that we prop…

cond-mat.soft20239 cited

An atomistically informed multiscale approach to the intrusion and extrusion of water in hydrophobic nanopores

Gonçalo Paulo, Alberto Gubbiotti, Alberto Giacomello

Understanding intrusion and extrusion in nanoporous materials is a challenging multiscale problem of utmost importance for applications ranging from energy storage and dissipation…