Capillarity

Capillarity is an old research topic of surface/interface science, which has been extensively investigated over the past centuries. Whereas capillary phenomena at the macroscale (at the millimeter-scale or above) has been well understood, the relevant physics and mechanics at and below the microscale are not yet. Recent breathtaking advances in the fabrications of capillaries and substrates with nanoscale and microscale structures have promoted the exploration of capillarity at small scales, including evaporation, condensation, wetting, spreading and boundary flows. The exploration of capillarity at small scales is of great importance to understand the underlying mechanisms of a variety of nature phenomena. Moreover, it also has an important application background in the field of oil exploration, and heat & mass transfer. Studies on capillarity at small scales are of the great challenge due to the complex interplay between solid and liquid.

This special issue invites original research articles as well as comprehensive review articles addressing new developments in the microscopic capillarity, including new theory models from the perspective of physics and mechanics, advanced experimental design and observations, numerical simulations, as well as other advances of research on solid-liquid interfaces and their applications.

Potential topics of this special issue mainly include, but are not limited to:

• Capillary evaporation and condensation
• Wetting and spreading on the micro & nanoscale
• Droplet/bubble statics and dynamics
• Evaporation-induced micro and nano flows
• Flow in porous media
• Contact line motion, friction, stick-slip and hysteresis
• Thermocapillary Marangoni flows
• Liquid films and coating in capillaries
• Segmented flows
• Interfacial forces in solid-liquid-vapor systems
• SLIPS (slippery liquid infused porous surfaces)
• LIS (lubricant impregnated surfaces)
• Surface engineering in capillary-related applications

Guest editors:

• Prof. Fengchao Wang
• University of Science and Technology of China
• Email: wangfc@ustc.edu.cn

• Prof. Longquan Chen
• University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
• Email: lqchen@uestc.edu.cn

• Prof. Cunjing Lv
• Tsinghua University
• Email: cunjinglv@tsinghua.edu.cn

• Prof. Dongshi Guan
• Institute of Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
• Email: dsguan@imech.ac.cn

Submission Guidelines:

• All submitted papers must be clearly written in excellent English and contain only original work, which has not been published by or is currently under review for any other journals. All papers will be peer-reviewed according to the reviewing policy of Capillarity. This is virtual special issue, in which all accepted papers will be published immediately. Requests for additional information should be addressed to the guest editors.

• Guidelines for preparation of manuscript can be found at https://www.yandy-ager.com/index.php/cap/about. Papers should be submitted via online submission system at https://www.yandy-ager.com/index.php/cap/index. To ensure that all manuscripts are correctly identified for consideration for this special issue, it is important that authors select VSI: CSS as the ‘Article Type’ during the submission process.

About Capillarity:

• Capillarity is an Open Access, peer-reviewed international scientific journal quarterly published by Yandy Scientific Press. 
• Capillarity is included by DOAJ in July 28, 2020; included by Scopus in March 2, 2021.

• From Scopus in April 2021, the current CiteScore=5.5.

Schedule:

• Open for submission: March 31, 2021;
• Submission deadline: October 30, 2021.