Current Perspective on the Study of Liquid-Fluid Interfaces: From Fundamentals to Innovative Applications

• Other Authors: Guzmán, Eduardo (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2022
• Subjects: Technology: general issues; thermal radiations; magnetic field; Carreau fluid; stretching/shrinking surface; Hall effect; nonlinear radiations; HAM; desulfurization wastewater evaporation technology; evaporation performance; orthogonal test; simulation; spray coating; coating film formation; leveling of coating surface; fluorescence method; visualization; ferromagnetic; nanofluid; bioconvection; porous medium; heat suction/injection; magnetic dipole; liquid-infused surfaces; durability; lubricants; wetting; liquid-repellent coatings; annealed Co40Fe40W20 thin films; magnetic tunnel junctions (MTJs); X-ray diffraction (XRD); contact angle; surface energy; nanomechanical properties; Prandtl nanofluid flow; convectively heated surface; stochastic intelligent technique; Levenberg Marquardt method; backpropagated network; artificial neural network; Adam numerical solver; surface hydrophilicity; graphene; ice formation; clearance; molecular dynamic simulation; dynamics; fluid interfaces; inhalation; lung surfactant; nanoparticles; pollutants; rheology; emulsion; droplet size; microscopy-assisted; image analysis; laser diffraction; turbidity; viscosity; Ree-Eyring nanofluid; viscous dissipation; Cattaneo-Christov model; Koo-Kleinstreuer model; chemical reaction; heat transfer; stretching cylinder; nonlinear radiation; Powell-Eyring; Darcy-Forchheimer; n/a
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Fluid interfaces are promising candidates for confining different types of materials - e.g., polymers, surfactants, colloids, and even small molecules - and for designing new functional materials with reduced dimensionality. The development of such materials requires a deepening of the Physico-chemical bases underlying the formation of layers at fluid interfaces, as well as on the characterization of their structures and properties. This is of particular importance because the constraints associated with the assembly of materials at the interface lead to the emergence of equilibrium and dynamics features in the interfacial systems, which are far from those conventionally found in the traditional materials. This Special Issue is devoted to studies on fundamental and applied aspects of fluid interfaces, trying to provide a comprehensive perspective on the current status of the research field.