evaporation – TechConnect Briefs

Exploring the Effects of Highly Conductive Carbon Fibers on Evaporation and Desalination Rates of Salt Water

Tanzim F.S., Rahman M.M., Asmatulu R., Wichita State University, US

Water scarcity is a growing problem for large regions of the world because of the insufficient sources of fresh water to meet the demands. It is estimated that 2.8 billion people around the world have [...]

Evaporation of Binary Mixture Nanofluid Drops: Pattern Formation

Parsa M., Harmand S., Sefiane K., Bigerelle M., University of Valenciennes, FR

After the complete evaporation of a sessile nanofluid drop, different deposition patterns can be formed on a substrate. The study of deposited patterns left after the drying of a drop containing suspensions has a significant [...]

Evaporation induced property change and hidden cavity formation

Kim I., Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, US

Innovative optical techniques based on nano-biophotonics such as surface plasmon resonance (SPR) imaging are developed to characterize the transport and optical properties of nanofluids in situ, real-time, and full field manner. Al2O3 nanofluids (47 nm [...]

Template-Free Single-Step Fabrication of Metal Oxide Hollow Nanospheres and Nanofoams

Jiang X., Changzhou University, CN

Hollow nanospheres and nanofoams possess characteristics such as low density, high surface area and adjustable refractive index that make them attractive to tune their mechanical, optical, electrical, and chemical properties for applications ranging from drug [...]

Multi-level Computational Chemistry Approach for Phase Change Behavior of Water induced by Laser Irradiation

Takaba H., Nomura A., Sasaki Y., Chiba K., Hata H., Hatakeyama N., Okushi K., Suzuki A., Tsuboi H., Koyama M., Hatakeyama N., Endou A., Kubo M., Delcarpio C.A., Kitada M., Kabashima H., Miyamoto A., Tohoku University, JP

Recently, laser irradiation involving chemical reaction is particularly interesting in the field related to high-technology material design. In this study, a phenomenon of rapid boiling water induced by infrared laser irradiation was investigated by means [...]

Modeling evaporation and ring-shaped particle deposition of a colloidal microdroplet, with applications in biological assays

Bhardwaj R., Attinger D., Columbia University, US

Colloidal drops evaporating on a solid substrate can be used as vehicles for dispensing or organizing small particles suspended within them. The pattern left after evaporation can be a ring-like structure such as the dried [...]

Condensation and Evaporation of a Nano-sized Particle Moving in a Fluid Environment

Yi M-Y, Lee J.W., Lee M.J., Lee J.W., Lee M.J., Pohang University of Science and Technology, KR

Condensation and evaporation of a low temperature nano-sized argon particle moving in a gas/vapor environment was analyzed using the molecular dynamics simulation. First evaporation temperature for various heating rates was found and successfully compared with [...]