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Pectin Metabolism Influences Phloem Architecture and Flowering Time in Arabidopsis Thaliana Open

Qing Zhang, Juan Du, Shuang Hao, Zhengmei Leng, Weiguo Liu , et al. · 2025

Cell wall matrices undergo continuous remodeling during plant growth and development. The methyl‐ and de‐methyl‐esterification of pectic homogalacturonan dynamically influence the physicochemical and mechanical properties of cell walls, an…

Condensate Halos in Condensation Frosting Open

Songyuan Zhen, Haoyan Feng, Shiji Lin, Yakang Jin, Zhigang Li , et al. · 2025

The freezing of water drops on cold solid surfaces is ubiquitous in nature, and generally causes serious technological, engineering, and economic issues in industrial applications. Despite longstanding research efforts, existing knowledge …

Comparison of Diffusion Simulation Results of JRODOS and NACADOS at a Coastal Plant Site in China Open

Duoxin Zhao, Sha Huang, Minghua Lyu, Longquan Chen · 2024

Background: Field atmospheric diffusion tracer experiments are commonly used methods for verifying the effectiveness of atmospheric diffusion models in nuclear accident consequence assessment systems. China Institute for Radiation Protecti…

Condensate Halos in Condensation Frosting Open

Elmar Bonaccurso, Longquan Chen, Songyuan Zhen, Haoyan Feng, Shiji Lin , et al. · 2024

The freezing of water drops on cold solid surfaces is ubiquitous in nature and has broad implications for industrial processes and applications, causing serious technological, engineering and economic issues. Understanding the physics of d…

Outcomes from water drop impact on hydrophobic meshes Open

Raziyeh Akbari, Yu Wei, Alberto Bagni, Riccardo Ruffο, Marie-Jean Thoraval , et al. · 2024

Understanding water drop impact on meshes is valuable to design passive systems for atmospheric water collection. By investigating water drop impact on hydrophobic and superhydrophobic surfaces, here, we identify the different drop impact …

Droplet impact dynamics on a flexible superhydrophobic cantilever wire mesh Open

Abbasali Abouei Mehrizi, Lijie Sun, Jun Zhang, Bo Pang, Kai Zhang , et al. · 2023

Droplet impact on fixed permeable surfaces has many applications, including spray formation, coating deposition, and filtration processes. The present research studies the droplet and beam dynamics during the water droplet impact on the fl…

A standing Leidenfrost drop with Sufi whirling Open

Jinlong Yang, Yong Li, Dehui Wang, Yue Fan, Yuanyuan Ma , et al. · 2023

When a water drop is placed on a hot solid surface, it either undergoes explosive contact boiling or exhibits a stable state. In the latter case, the drop floats over an insulating layer of vapor generated by rapid vaporization of water at…

Controlling Isomerization of Photoswitches to Modulate 2D Logic‐in‐Memory Devices by Organic–Inorganic Interfacial Strategy Open

Yongli Duan, Miaomiao Song, Fanxi Sun, Yi Xu, Fanfan Shi , et al. · 2023

Logic‐in‐memory devices are a promising and powerful approach to realize data processing and storage driven by electrical bias. Here, an innovative strategy is reported to achieve the multistage photomodulation of 2D logic‐in‐memory device…

Bouncing droplets on micro-grooved non-wetting surfaces Open

Shi-Zheng Wang, Xianfu Huang, Longquan Chen, Ying-Song Yu · 2023

Water droplets impinging on micro-grooved polydimethylsiloxane surfaces were studied. Depending on the impact velocity and surface roughness, different phenomena such as no bouncing, complete rebound (CR), bouncing occurring with droplet b…

Aerodynamic Super-Repellent Surfaces Open

Fanfei Yu, Jinlong Yang, Ran Tao, Yao Tan, Jinpei Wang , et al. · 2023

Repelling liquid drops from engineering surfaces has attracted great attention in a variety of applications. To achieve efficient liquid shedding, delicate surface textures are often introduced to sustain air pockets at the liquid–solid in…

How droplets dry on stretched soft substrates Open

Yixuan Du, Elmar Bonaccurso, Jianwei Guo, Kai Uhlig, Longquan Chen , et al. · 2022

Liquid droplets usually wet smooth and homogeneous substrates isotropically. Recent research works have revealed that droplets sit, slide and spread anisotropically on uniaxially stretched soft substrates, showing an enhanced wettability a…

A standing Leidenfrost drop with Sufi-whirling Open

Jinlong Yang, Yong Li, Yue Fan, Longquan Chen, Dehui Wang , et al. · 2022

The mobility of Leidenfrost drop has been exploited for the manipulation of drop motions. In the classical model, the Leidenfrost drop was levitated by a vapor cushion, in the absence of touch to the surface. Here we report a standing Leid…

Penetration and ligament formation of viscoelastic droplets impacting on the superhydrophobic mesh Open

Abbasali Abouei Mehrizi, Shiji Lin, Lijie Sun, Yile Wang, Longquan Chen · 2022

A Liquid-pressure-adaptive Superhydrophobic Surface Open

Xu Deng, Yao Tan, Jin-Long Yang, Yong Li, Xiaomei Li , et al. · 2022

The dynamic application environments of superhydrophobic surfaces, such as in the manufacturing, chemical, and garment industries, require the fast adaptiveness of the surfaces to their surroundings. Despite the progress in materials and s…

Dilute sodium dodecyl sulfate droplets impact on micropillar-arrayed non-wetting surfaces Open

Long-Zan Wang, Xianfu Huang, Quanzi Yuan, Longquan Chen, Ying-Song Yu · 2021

Impinging dilute sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) droplets on micropillar-arrayed polydimethylsiloxane surfaces were experimentally investigated. It was found that the behaviors of impinging droplets greatly depend on surface roughness and SDS…

Macrodrop‐Impact‐Mediated Fluid Microdispensing Open

Shiji Lin, Dehui Wang, Lijuan Zhang, Yakang Jin, Zhigang Li , et al. · 2021

High‐resolution fluid dispensing techniques play a critical role in modern digital microfluidics, micro‐biosensing, and advanced fabrication. Though most of existing dispensers can achieve precise and high‐throughput fluid dispensing, they…

Impact dynamics of Newtonian and viscoelastic droplets on heated surfaces at low Weber number Open

Bin Li, Longquan Chen, Sang‐Woo Joo · 2021

Promoting rebound of impinging viscoelastic droplets on heated superhydrophobic surfaces Open

Bin Li, Shiji Lin, Yile Wang, Quanzi Yuan, Sang Woo Joo , et al. · 2020

The rebound of impinging droplets is a defining characteristic of superhydrophobic surfaces; yet, such an intriguing interfacial phenomenon can be effectively suppressed by adding a tiny amount of flexible polymers to induce non-Newtonian …

Salvinia-like slippery surface with stable and mobile water/air contact line Open

Xiaomei Li, Jin-Long Yang, Kaixuan Lv, Periklis Papadopoulos, Jing Sun , et al. · 2020

Superhydrophobic surfaces are widely used in many industrial settings, and mainly consist of rough solid protrusions that entrap air to minimize the liquid/solid area. The stability of the superhydrophobic state favors relatively small spa…

Design of robust superhydrophobic surfaces Open

Dehui Wang, Qiangqiang Sun, Matti J. Hokkanen, Chenglin Zhang, Fan-Yen Lin , et al. · 2020

10.1063/1.5139534.5 Open

Weiwei Zhao, Shiji Lin, Longquan Chen, Er Qiang Li, S. T. Thoroddsen , et al. · 2020

We investigate the dynamics of a drop containing a single solid particle impacting on a solid surface. The particle rebounds through the drop during impact and can separate from the deposited liquid above an impact velocity threshold. We s…

Prompting Splash Impact on Superamphiphobic Surfaces by Imposing a Viscous Part Open

Fanfei Yu, Shiji Lin, Jin-Long Yang, Yue Fan, Dehui Wang , et al. · 2020

It is widely acknowledged that splash impact can be suppressed by increasing the viscosity of the impinging drop. In this work, however, by imposing a highly viscous drop to a low‐viscosity drop, it is demonstrated that the splash of the l…

Jetting from an impacting drop containing a particle Open

Weiwei Zhao, Shiji Lin, Longquan Chen, Er Qiang Li, S. T. Thoroddsen , et al. · 2020

We investigate the dynamics of a drop containing a single solid particle impacting on a solid surface. The particle rebounds through the drop during impact and can separate from the deposited liquid above an impact velocity threshold. We s…

Superhydrophobic/Superoleophilic: Robust, Easy‐Cleaning Superhydrophobic/Superoleophilic Copper Meshes for Oil/Water Separation under Harsh Conditions (Adv. Mater. Interfaces 11/2019) Open

Bo Pang, Huan Liu, Peiwen Liu, Hua Zhang, Georg Avramidis , et al. · 2019

Robust and easy-cleaning superhydrophobic and superoleophilic copper meshes are fabricated by introducing Cu(OH)2 nanoneedles or CuO nanoplates onto copper mesh surface via facile oxidation and subsequent coating with polydimethylsiloxane.…

Design and development of nuclear accident offsite consequence assessment system (NAOCAS_V3.0) Open

Minghua Lyu, Yao Rentai, Hongwei Hao, Duoxin Zhao, Sha Huang , et al. · 2019

Based on decades of development experience and condition with current international and development technology and trend, China Institute for Radiation Protection (CIRP) developed a new nuclear accident offsite consequence assessment syste…

Video: Splashing of a water drop containing particles Open

Weiwei Zhao, Shiji Lin, Longquan Chen, S. T. Thoroddsen, Marie-Jean Thoraval · 2018

Static and dynamic wetting of soft substrates Open

Longquan Chen, Elmar Bonaccurso, Tatiana Gambaryan‐Roisman, Víctor M. Starov, Nektaria Koursari , et al. · 2017

Effects of substrate stiffness on spontaneous wetting and drop impact dynamics Open

Longquan Chen · 2017

Unlike rigid substrates, a sessile drop can deform a soft substrate by capillary forces, with the deformation being inversely proportional to the substrate modulus. The substrate deformation can affect the contact angle and contact angle h…

Polymeric Flaky Nanostructures from Cellulose Stearoyl Esters for Functional Surfaces Open

Yonggui Wang, Jia Tian, Xu Deng, Longquan Chen, Sabine Rosenfeldt , et al. · 2016

Herein, the preparation of polymeric flaky nanostructures (PFNS) from cellulose stearoyl esters as a novel platform for functional materials is reported. A temperature‐induced crystallization process using solutions of cellulose stearoyl e…

Erratum: Moisture-responsive films of cellulose stearoyl esters showing reversible shape transitions Open

Kai Zhang, Andreas Geissler, Michaela Standhardt, Sabrina Mehlhase, Markus Gallei , et al. · 2015

Moisture-responsive materials are gaining greater interest for their potentially wide applications and the readily access to moisture. In this study, we show the fabrication of moisture-responsive, self-standing films using sustainable cel…

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