Energy Dissipation and Nanoscale Processes at Moving Contact Lines

当移动接触线通过固体表面时，液体润湿和脱湿的动态过程是许多工业操作和自然现象的核心。接触线运动在微流体和纳米流体中起着关键作用，是一种称为过程强化的新兴技术的基础，在这种技术中，大型工业过程可以缩小到小人国的规模。该项目有望大幅降低能耗，并带来其他效益，包括对粗颗粒浮选的改造。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，在国家重点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.