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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"Surface Evolver"”.
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Equilibrium configurations of oxygen bubbles on surfaces for applications in nanostructured hematite electrodes
… equilibrium configurations are computed using Surface Evolver, a program which models surfaces shaped by various constraints and forces. A nanorod with a top surface dimension of 100 by 100 nm was the subject of the bulk of this work. The energy of different starting configurations of the …
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Enhanced Heat Transfer Performance by Shape Optimization of a Non-axisymmetric Droplet Evaporating on a Heated Micropillar
… in Matlab, the droplet shape generation in Surface Evolver, the geometry evolution in Solidworks, and the evaporation simulation in COMSOL. The optimized micropillar shape shows a 9% improvement in the heat transfer coefficient for the same liquid-vapor interfacial area and the same …
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On the quasi-static and dynamic crushing of random foams
… models are generated from soap froth using the Surface Evolver software. The linear edges of the skeletal microstructure are then dressed with appropriate distributions of solid to match those of ligaments in the actual foams and their relative density. The ligaments are modeled as …
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Effects of micro- and nano-scale surface geometry on behaviors of live cells and liquid droplets
As the scale of the surface texture responsible for superhydrophobicity becomes similar to the size of a droplet, simple models based on homogeneity assumptions begin to break down. In order to better understand these discrete phenomena, we first create a unique model with the finite element …
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Development of High-Performance Optofluidic Sensors on Micro/Nanostructured Surfaces
… of liquid droplet on micro/nano-structured surfaces and the Leidenfrost effect, this doctoral research focuses on developing high-performance optofluidic sensing systems, including optical beam adaptive steering, whispering gallery mode (WGM) optical sensing, and surface-enhanced Raman …
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Simulation and experimentation of droplets on micro-patterned surfaces
… information of droplets deposited on patterned surfaces. Deformation of the droplet in response to discrete features in the contact plane was examined and quantified on an energy basis. Additionally, quasi-static simulation of relative movement between droplet and substrate was performed. …
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Solid-liquid interactions in microscale structures and devices
… droplet wetting of hydrophobic micropatterned surfaces. The phenomenon of self-assembly of complex structures is common in biological systems. Examples include self-assembly of proteins into macromolecular structures and self-assembly of lipid bilayer membranes. The principles governing this …