Output details
12 - Aeronautical, Mechanical, Chemical and Manufacturing Engineering
Imperial College London
Article title
On surfactant-enhanced spreading and superspreading of liquid drops on solid surfaces
Type
D - Journal article
Title of journal
Journal of Fluid Mechanics
Article number
-
Volume number
670
Issue number
-
First page of article
5
ISSN of journal
0022-1120
Year of publication
2011
URL
-
Number of additional authors
2
Additional information
'Superspreading' has fascinated researchers since the 80s; its resolution is of importance to coating flow technology. It was unclear what led certain surfactants to drive extraordinarily rapid spreading of liquids in non-wetting situations to perfect wetting. We identified the mechanism underlying the superspreading process in this paper published in the Journal of Fluid mechanics, and highlighted in its "Focus on Fluids" feature. It has led to 8 invited talks (including keynotes at the Fields Institute, Toronto, 2012; MMT2012, Israel, 2012; ECCOMAS2012, Vienna, 2012), and funded EPSRC grant ([EP/J010502/£700K] with OKM as PI).
Interdisciplinary
Yes
Cross-referral requested
-
Research group
B - Chemical Engineering
Proposed double-weighted
No
Double-weighted statement
-
Reserve for a double-weighted output
No
Non-English
No
English abstract
-
