Using amphiphilic nanostructures to enable long-range ensemble coalescence and surface rejuvenation in dropwise condensation

ACS Nano

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 3262-3268

  Anderson, David M ^a   Gupta, Maneesh K ^b   Voevodin, Andrey A ^c   Hunter, Chad N ^c   Putnam, Shawn A ^c,d   Tsukruk, Vladimir V ^b   Fedorov, Andrei G ^a,e  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^c AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSAL TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION   (United States)

^e GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

amphiphilic nanostructures; droplet coalescence dynamics; environmental scanning electron microscopy; nanoscale water condensation

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPHILIC NANOSTRUCTURES; AMPHIPHILICS; DIRECT CONTACT; DROPLET COALESCENCE; DROPWISE CONDENSATION; ELECTRONIC DEVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPIES (ESEM); HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER; HIGH-HUMIDITY ENVIRONMENT; HOMOGENEOUS SURFACES; MOISTURE MANAGEMENT; NANO-INTERFACE; NANOSTRUCTURED SURFACE; NUCLEATION SITES; PRACTICAL IMPORTANCE; SMALL DROPLETS; SUPER-HYDROPHOBIC SURFACES; WATER CONDENSATION;

CONDENSATION; DROP FORMATION; DYNAMICS; HEAT TRANSFER; HUMIDITY CONTROL; HYDROPHOBICITY; NANOSTRUCTURES; NUCLEATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

COALESCENCE;

NANOMATERIAL;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL PHENOMENA; CHEMISTRY; HEAT; SURFACE PROPERTY;

HOT TEMPERATURE; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC INTERACTIONS; NANOSTRUCTURES; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 84860356772     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn300183d     Document Type: Article

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