We investigated the enhancement of the capillary effect in a plastic capillary tube using only a nanostructured surface. Since plastic is a hydrophobic material, the capillary effect does not emerge without an additional coating or plasma treatment p...
Additive manufacturing (AM) is an advanced manufacturing method that produces objects by sequential layering. Material extrusion AM (MEAM) with continuous-fibre reinforcement is becoming more widely used in naval structures, which are exposed to the...
Relative permeability curve is a key factor in describing the characteristics of multiphase flow in porous media. The steady-state method is an effective method to measure the relative permeability curve of oil and water. The capillary discontinuity...
Thin wafers and thin wires are beneficial to the photovoltaic industry for reducing costs, increasing efficiency, and reducing the cost of electricity generation. It is a development trend in solar silicon wafer cutting. Thin wire cutting reduces the...
The combustion of liquid fuels that have leaked into inert porous media, such as sand, is a critical issue for industrial safety and fire risk assessment. Despite its importance, the complex influence of porous media on the combustion process, partic...
A high sensitivity fiber-optic sensor based on self-imaging effect in a hollow-core capillary waveguide (HCCW) is presented for sensing applications. The sensor is composed of a section of HCCW fusion spliced between single mode fibers (SMFs). The se...
In this paper, we propose a highly sensitive temperature sensor based on two cascaded Mach–Zehnder interferometers (MZIs) that work using the Vernier effect. The all-fiber MZIs were assembled by splicing a segment of capillary hollow-core fiber (CHCF...
Acid mine drainage is an important environmental risk linked to the surface storage of reactive mine tailings. To manage this problem, a cover with a capillary barrier effect (CCBE) can be used. This oxygen barrier cover relies on maintaining a fine-...
Experimental and field observations evidence the effects of capillarity in narrow pores on inhibiting the thermodynamic stability of gas hydrates and controlling their saturation. Thus, precise estimates of the gas hydrate global inventory require mo...
In this paper, we have provided a mathematical analysis of an empirical result, namely, the Fahraeus–Lindqvist effect, a phenomenon that occurs in capillary tubes with a diameter lower than 0.3 mm. According to this effect, in capillary tubes u...
The working principle of lateral flow assays, such as the widely used COVID-19 rapid tests, is based on the capillary-driven liquid transport of a sample fluid to a test line using porous polymeric membranes as the conductive medium. In order to pred...
In a humid environment, the stray current generated by subway operation will corrode the underground pipe network and the internal steel structure of the track plate, which will seriously affect the service life of the subway track plate and increase...
Water flooding technology is widely used to improve oil recovery efficiency in oilfields. The capillary barrier effect induced by the complex pore structures in the reservoir rocks is a crucial reason for the trapping of a great deal of residual oil...
Concrete structures are often exposed to harsh environmental conditions during their service life. Therefore, the investigation of transport properties and deterioration of concrete in different environments is an important topic. This paper reports...
Recent literature suggests that ergogenic substances may play a beneficial role in intermittent exercise. Maltodextrin supplementation has been investigated in soccer players, but few studies have been reported. The aim of this study was to evaluate...
Reliable field estimation of near-surface soil hydraulic parameters remains challenging, particularly in heterogeneous or stony soil environments. Conventional drip infiltrometers (DI) are widely used, but their field deployment may limit mobility an...
To improve the durability performance of recycled aggregate concrete in actual use, this paper uses nano-TiO2-modified recycled coarse aggregate to study, through experiments, the effects of nano-TiO2 on the pore distribution of recycled coarse aggre...
The simultaneous separation of therapeutic insulin analogues by capillary electrophoresis (CE) remains challenging because of their high structural similarity and their tendency to adsorb onto the capillary surface. This study investigated the applic...
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between wicking coefficients of fabrics and yarns. A range of plain fabrics were woven by varying the weave density, yarn count and fibre content. From experiments on the in-plane capillar...
The effects of the geometry parameters of a ceramic cleaver on the morphology of ball and second bonded points were studied using an automatic wire bonder, push pull tester, scanning electron microscope, ceramic capillary with different geometric par...
A capillary interaction between floating objects and adjacent walls, which is known as “Cheerios effect”, is a common phenomenon that generates capillary attraction or repulsion forces between them depending on their wettabilities, densities, geometr...
The understanding of the mechanisms that govern water spontaneous imbibition in mixed wetting capillary channels plays a significant role in operating the oil extraction and energy replenishment for the tight oil reservoirs. In this work, the conserv...
Capillary barriers are widely used as a cover system to enhance the upper-soil-layer water storage capacity and reduce water infiltrate into the lower soil layer. In this paper, the effects of the median soil–particle size ratio on the water st...
Imbibition is one of the key phenomena underlying processes such as oil recovery and others. In this paper, the influence of nanoparticles on spontaneous water imbibition into ultraconfined channels is investigated by molecular dynamics simulation. B...
Silt has the characteristics of developed capillary pores and strong water sensitivity, and capillary water is an important factor inducing the erosion and slumping of silt sites. Therefore, in order to suppress the effect of capillary water, this ar...
In situ injection molding of continuous fiber reinforced thermoplastic composites is challenged by unbalanced dual-scale infiltration flow due to the pronounced capillary effect. In this paper, a general and efficient approach was proposed for dual-s...
The capillary barrier is a type of soil cover system commonly used in various geotechnical applications, such as limiting infiltration for slopes or landfills or providing cover for solid waste. It serves to prevent the movement of water through the...
The displacement efficiency of supercritical CO2 (scCO2) injection in the storage zone and its primary trapping mechanism in the confining zone are strongly tied to the capillary phenomenon. Previous studies have indicated that the capillary phenomen...
Interaction of Extreme Ultraviolet (EUV) laser with matters is an attractive subject since novel phenomena always occur under the effect of high energy photons. In this paper, the thermal effect involved in the interaction of a capillary discharge 46...
The effect of gravity based on the vector sum of gravity and buoyancy forces working spontaneously for all species was introduced into capillary electrophoresis (CE) as another important force which cooperated with electrophoretic flow and electro-os...
The focus of this work is to examine the effect of flow rate ratio (quotient of the dispersed phase flow rate over the continuous phase flow rate) on a regime transition from squeezing to dripping at constant capillary numbers. The effect of the flow...
In this study, a novel concept of nanofiltration process of drinking water based on capillary-driven nanofiltration is demonstrated using a bio-based nanocomposites’ nanofilter as free power: a green and sustainable solution. Based on Lifshitz...
Concrete structures are vulnerable to sulfate attacks during their service life, as sulfate ions react with cement hydration products to form expansive phases, generating internal stresses that cause mechanical degradation. In this study, a cementiti...
To elucidate the scale-dependent response and interfacial evolution of liquid capillary rise in glass capillaries under an electric field, capillaries with different inner diameters were used as model channels. The equilibrium capillary-rise behavior...
Capillary electrophoresis (CE) is a versatile analytical separation method in the field of biochemistry. Although it has been proved that the relative molecular mass (Mr) of the polymers determines the threshold concentration of the entangled polymer...
Porous wicks ensure capillary liquid transport in heat pipes and vapour chambers. Manufacturing them through electrochemical deposition is a promising method that yields competitive results. The gravitational orientation during electrochemical deposi...
Background/Objectives: The combined effects of aerobic exercise and normobaric hyperoxia exposure on skeletal muscle in diabetes mellitus (DM) remain unclear. This study investigated whether their combination influences skeletal muscle capillary and...
This article is the result of the authors’ work on the method of calculating the effective thermal conductivity of moist capillary-porous materials used in wall partitions. The proposed methodology was developed based on the theory of generaliz...
The dynamic non-equilibrium effect (DNE) describes the non-unique character of saturation–capillary pressure relationships observed under static, steady-state, or monotonic hydrodynamic conditions. Macroscopically, the DNE manifests as variatio...
Protein therapeutics have recently gained high importance in general health care along with applied clinical research. Therefore, it is important to understand the structure–function relationship of these new generation drugs. Asparagine-bound...
Capillary leak syndrome (CLS) is a severe complication of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) characterized by weight gain, generalized edema, hypotension, and hypoalbuminemia. The primary pathogenesis is injury of the capillary...
The natural vegetation in arid areas of northwest China is strongly dependent on the availability of groundwater. Significantly, capillary water plays an essential role in regulating the ecological groundwater level in the multilayered structure of t...
Capillary flow-related hydrovoltaic technology is an emerging research field for sustainable electricity generation. Despite great progress in the last decade, the mechanisms behind electricity generation remain unclear. In this review, we provide an...
Saline water froth flotation has received increasing attention in recent years due to sustainability-related concerns. Although the presence of electrolytes in these flotation systems is known to produce the desired bubble swarms, i.e., a macroscopic...
Manipulation of intense pulse propagation in gas-filled capillaries is desirable for various high-field applications. Tuning the parameters of the driving laser pulse and the working gas is the conventional approach, and it provides limited capabilit...
It is essential to develop effective mine waste management approaches and mine site reclamation techniques to curtail the adverse effects of mining processes on the natural environment. This study focuses on the use of partially desulphurized tailing...
To apply the cementitious capillary crystalline waterproof materials (CCCWs) in real engineering practice, the mechanical properties and related mechanism of cement after adding CCCW are investigated in this study. By using a combination of technique...
As a critical link connecting groundwater and vegetation, the vadose zone’s lithological structural heterogeneity directly influences soil water distribution and vegetation growth. A comprehensive understanding of the ecological effects of the...
Characterization of stress-dependent single-phase and multiphase fluid transport in fractured geo-materials is essential for a wide range of applications, including CO2 sequestration, energy storage, and geo-energy extraction. However, pivotal studie...
A capillary barrier cover (CBC) is a geotechnical structure which a coarse-grained soil layer covered by a fine-grained soil layer. A CBC can retain downward water infiltration, increase water storage capacity and lateral diversion, and prevent capil...
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