Molecular dynamics simulations of the nano-droplet impact process on hydrophobic surfaces.

Autor: Hai-Bao Hu, Li-Bin Chen, Lu-Yao Bao, Su-He Huang
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Zdroj: Chinese Physics B; Jul2014, Vol. 23 Issue 7, p1-1, 1p
Abstrakt: Large-scale molecular dynamics simulations are used to study the dynamic processes of a nano-droplet impacting on hydrophobic surfaces at a microscopic level. Both the impact phenomena and the velocity distributions are recorded and analyzed. According to the simulation results, similar phenomena are obtained to those in macro-experiments. Impact velocity affects the spread process to a greater degree than at a level of contact angle when the velocity is relatively high. The velocity distribution along the X axis during spread is wave-like, either W- or M-shaped, and the velocity at each point is oscillatory; while the edges have the highest spread velocity and there are crests in the distribution curve which shift toward the edges over time. The distribution along the Y axis is <- or >-shaped, and the segments above the middle have the lowest decrease rate in the spreading process and the highest increase rate in the retraction process. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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