Energy Dissipation and Nanoscale Processes at Moving Contact Lines

液体润湿和去湿的动态过程，因为移动的接触线通过固体表面，是许多工业操作和自然现象的核心。接触线运动在微米和纳米流体中起着关键作用，这是一种名为过程强化的新兴技术的基础，在这种技术中，大型工业过程的规模可以缩小到小人国。预计该项目将大幅降低能耗，并带来其他好处，包括改造粗颗粒浮选。年轻的博士科学家和工程师将在丰富的研究环境中接受教育，在国家优先领域开展强有力的国际研究合作。

The dynamic process of liquids wetting and dewetting, as moving contact lines pass over solid surfaces is central to many industrial operations and natural phenomena. Contact line motion plays a key role in micro and nanofluidics, the foundation of an emergent technology called process intensification, where large industrial processes can be reduced to Lilliputian in size. Substantial energy reduction and other benefits are expected from this project, including the transformation of coarse particle flotation. Young PhD scientists and engineers will be educated in a rich research environment, with strong international research collaboration in areas of national priority.