3 papers
physics.chem-ph2025
On the Slipperiness of Surfactants: Charge-Mediated Friction Control at the Molecular Scale
Kaili Xie, Julie Jagielka, Liang Peng +8
From soap-covered dishes to freshly cleaned floors, surfactants can make surfaces slippery; yet, the underlying mechanism remains poorly understood. Here, we identify the molecular…
physics.flu-dyn2024
Early Stages of Drop Coalescence
Antoine Deblais, Kaili Xie, Peter Lewin-Jones +5
Despite the large body of research on coalescence, firm agreement between experiment, theory, and computation has not been established for the very first moments following the init…
physics.flu-dyn2024
Drop-drop coalescence: a simple crossover function between inertial and viscous dynamics
Kaili Xie, Marie Corpart, Antoine Deblais +1
The coalescence of liquid drops is a fundamental process that remains incompletely understood, particularly in the intermediate regimes where capillary, viscous, and inertial force…