Lectures related to Capillarity and Wetting

Flash Drum: Principles and Mass Balance in Separation Processes

Covers the principles of flash drums and the mass and energy balances involved in separation processes.

Vapor-Liquid Phase Diagrams: Engineering Applications

Covers vapor-liquid phase diagrams and their applications in molecular separation processes, focusing on equilibrium, graphical methods, and the use of flash drums.

Separation Processes: Energy Efficiency and Techniques

Covers the fundamentals of separation processes and their energy efficiency, focusing on CO₂ separation from air and various techniques used in the industry.

Renormalization & Scaling

Explores renormalization, scaling, critical points, exponents, and phase transitions in conformal field theory and quantum gravity.

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Bounding the Poisson bracket invariant on surfaces

Covers the concept of bounding the Poisson bracket invariant on surfaces, exploring joint work with A. Logunov and S. Tanny.

Gas/Liquid Interface: Fundamentals

Covers the fundamentals of gas-liquid interfaces, including surface tension and capillary action.

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Solid Liquid Interfaces: Young's Theorem and Cassie Equation Log in to Mediaspace to watch this video

Explores Young's Theorem and the Cassie Equation for solid-liquid interfaces.

Evaporation Physics: Part I Log in to Mediaspace to watch this video

Explores evaporation physics, covering contact angles, wetting states, diffusion, Fick's Law, and heat-mass transfer analogy.

Pool Boiling: Bubble Growth and Heat Transfer Log in to Mediaspace to watch this video

Explores bubble growth, heat transfer mechanisms, instabilities, and models in pool boiling applications.

Capillarity and Wetting: Fundamentals and Applications Log in to Mediaspace to watch this video

Explores capillarity, wetting, nucleation, boiling, and condensation in liquid-vapor phase change applications.

Evaporation Physics: Kinetic Theory of Gases Log in to Mediaspace to watch this video

Covers the kinetic theory of gases and its application in evaporation physics, including Fick's Law of Diffusion and the Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution.

Wettability and Capillary Length Log in to Mediaspace to watch this video

Explores wettability, force balance, wetting behavior, and capillary length in liquids.

Intermolecular Forces: Surface Tension Log in to Mediaspace to watch this video

Explores intermolecular forces, surface tension, liquid films, and soap bubble behavior.

Heterogeneous Catalysis: Introduction and Surface Reactivity Log in to Mediaspace to watch this video

Introduces the basics of heterogeneous catalysis, focusing on catalyst types, surface reactivity, and the role of surface energy in catalytic processes.

Condensation Physics I Log in to Mediaspace to watch this video

Explores the physics of condensation, covering nucleation, droplet formation, heat transfer, and droplet footprint distribution.

Surface Tension: Fundamentals and Applications Log in to Mediaspace to watch this video

Covers the fundamentals of surface tension, adhesion forces, and laser manufacturing technologies.

Surfaces and Interfaces: Thermodynamics and Kinetics Log in to Mediaspace to watch this video

Explores surface and interface energy, wetting kinetics, and the impact of geometric and chemical inhomogeneities on wetting behavior.

Surface Tension and Fluidics Log in to Mediaspace to watch this video

Explores surface tension, contact angles, electrowetting, liquid lenses, capillary pressure, and the pitch drop experiment.