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SUBMITTER: Sadeghpour A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6461458 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Sadeghpour A A Zeng Z Z Ji H H Dehdari Ebrahimi N N Bertozzi A L AL Ju Y S YS
Science advances 20190412 4
Growing concern over the scarcity of freshwater motivates the development of compact and economic vapor capture methods for distributed thermal desalination or harvesting of water. We report a study of water vapor condensation on cold liquid beads traveling down a massive array of vertical cotton threads that act as pseudo-superhydrophilic surfaces. These liquid beads form through intrinsic flow instability and offer localized high-curvature surfaces that enhance vapor diffusion toward the liqui ...[more]