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Interfacial Thermofluids Lab
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A lab studying interfacial thermofluids, exploring the wetting and evaporation of liquids through heat and flow.
AboutAbout the lab
Changing the world through heat, fluids, and interfaces
The Interfacial Thermofluids Lab studies wetting, the phenomenon in which a liquid spreads over a surface or evaporates, from the perspectives of heat and flow.
Classical theories to date have mainly dealt with idealized liquids that are pure and do not undergo phase change.
The lab aims to build a framework for wetting that also applies to real liquids that are volatile and made up of multiple components.
Combining experiments, theory, and numerical simulation, the lab works with researchers from other fields toward extreme cooling, advanced energy conversion, and state-of-the-art medical testing.
Key terms
- Wetting
- The state of a liquid when it comes into contact with a solid surface. Classical theories describe it in terms of the contact angle and how the liquid spreads.
- Tanner's law
- A classical theory describing how a liquid spreads over a surface. It mainly applies to pure liquids that do not undergo phase change.
- Volatility
- The tendency of a liquid to evaporate. Most real liquids are said to evaporate.
NewsLab news
A paper showing that solar radiation changes the deposition pattern of droplets has been accepted by Langmuir
A master's student received the Young Researcher Presentation Award (General Award) from the Thermal Engineering Division of the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers
Started joint research on wetting simulation with the Institute of Physics of the Polish Academy of Sciences
A paper from joint research with Nagoya University has been accepted by the International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer
Associate Professor Zhenying Wang received the Encouragement Award (Research) from the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers
ResearchResearch themes
The lab aims to extend the framework of complex wetting from idealized cases to the real world. Through collaboration with other fields, it explores new technologies aimed at extreme cooling, advanced energy conversion, and state-of-the-art medical testing.
*Illustrative imageWetting theory applicable to real liquids
Classical theories such as Young's equation and Tanner's law have largely been limited to pure liquids that do not undergo phase change. Through experiments, theory, and numerical simulation, the lab is trying to build a framework that can describe real liquids that evaporate and contain impurities.
*Illustrative imageControlling wetting for applications
The lab explores how the ability to control wetting can be used for diagnosing diseases from small liquid samples, separating expensive elements, advanced cooling, and more. This includes research on the self-assembly of functional molecules by tuning microscale flows and the motion of contact lines.
*Illustrative imageDeveloping visualization and numerical simulation techniques
To reveal the complex dynamics that occur at interfaces, the lab explores new visualization techniques aiming for temporal and spatial resolution higher than ever before. It is also interested in new methods for image tracking and processing, and in numerical methods for tackling problems with complex boundaries.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Interfacial Thermofluids Lab consist of faculty, visiting researchers, doctoral, master's, and undergraduate students, and intern students.As of 2026
- Associate ProfessorZhenying Wang
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “Water droplet lying on a damask” Petar Milošević / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Wetting theory applicable to real liquids: “A water droplet DWR-coated surface2 edit1” Brocken Inaglory / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Controlling wetting for applications: “Super-hydrophobic Coating” National Science Foundation / Public domain (cropped)
- Developing visualization and numerical simulation techniques: “IN Series high speed camera” Chrisjc77 / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
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