Faculty of Science: Recent submissions
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Premature detonation of an ammonium nitrate emulsion in reactive ground
Published 2015When ammonium nitrate emulsions are used in blast holes containing pyrite, they can exothermally react with pyrite, causing the emulsion to intensively heat and detonate prematurely. Such premature detonations can inflict ...Open AccessArticle -
Enhancing Spontaneous Droplet Motion on Structured Surfaces with Tailored Wedge Design
Published 2020Spontaneous liquid transport has a wide variety of applications, including fog harvesting, microfluidics, and water-oil separation. Understanding of the droplet movement dynamics on structured surfaces is essential ...Open AccessArticle -
Life and death of liquid-infused surfaces: a review on the choice, analysis and fate of the infused liquid layer
Published 2020Liquid-infused surfaces (or lubricant-infused surfaces) (LIS) are a new class of functional materials introduced in 2011. Their exceptional properties have earned them a place at the forefront of many fields including ...Open AccessArticle -
Micron-sized polystyrene particles by surfactant-free emulsion polymerization in air: synthesis and mechanism
Published 2013In this study, we propose an alternative method to produce high solids, micrometer-sized polystyrene (PS) latexes with narrow size distribution, based on the use of large amounts of polymerization initiator and allowing ...Open AccessArticle -
Receding Contact Line Motion on Nanopatterned and Micropatterned Polymer Surfaces
Published 2017Surface properties such as topography and chemistry affect the motion of the three-phase contact line (solid/liquid/air), which in turn affects the contact angle of a liquid moving on a solid surface. In this work, the ...Open AccessArticle