2023
Thermal capillary waves on bounded nanoscale thin films
J. Liu, C. Zhao, D.A. Lockerby and J.E. Sprittles, Physical Review E, 107, 015105 (arXiv link).
2022
Putting the micro into the macro: a molecularly augmented hydrodynamic model of dynamic wetting applied to flow instabilities during forced dewetting
J.S. Keeler, T.D. Blake, D.A. Lockerby and J.E. Sprittles, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 953, A17 (Open Access).
Effect of ambient gas on cavity formation for sphere impacts on liquids
H. Williams, J.E. Sprittles, J.C. Padrino and P. Denissenko, Physical Review Fluids, 7, 094003 (Editor’s Suggestion, arXiv Link).
Stability and bifurcation of dynamic contact lines in two dimensions
J. Keeler, D.A. Lockerby, S. Kumar and J.E. Sprittles, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 945, A34 (Open Access).
Efficient simulation of rarefied gas flow past a particle: A boundary element method for the linearized G13 equations
J. Padrino, J.E. Sprittles and D.A. Lockerby, Physics of Fluids, 34, 062011 (Open Access Link).
Fluctuation-driven dynamics in nanoscale thin-film flows: Physical insights from numerical investigations
C. Zhao, J. Liu, D.A. Lockerby and J.E. Sprittles. Physical Review Fluids 7, 024203 (arXiv Link).
Computational modelling of Leidenfrost drops
I. Chakraborty, M.V. Chubynsky and J.E. Sprittles. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 936, A12 (Open Access).
Efficient moment method for modelling nanoporous evaporation
T.C. De Fraja, A.S. Rana, R. Enright, L.J. Cooper, D.A. Lockerby and J.E. Sprittles. Physical Review Fluids, 7, 024201 (arXiv Link).
Application of microfluidic systems in modelling impacts of environmental structure on stress-sensing by individual microbial cells
H.J. Harvey, M.V. Chubynsky, J.E. Sprittles, L.M. Shor, S.J. Mooney, R.D.Wildman and S.V. Avery. Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal, 20, 128 (Open Access).
2021
Deformed liquid marble formation: Experiments and computational modeling
J.R.J. Pritchard, M.V. Chubynsky, J.O. Marston and J.E. Sprittles. Physical Review Fluids, 6, 104007 (arXiv Link).
Stability of similarity solutions of viscous thread pinch-off
M.C. Dallaston, C. Zhao, J.E. Sprittles and J. Eggers. Physical Review Fluids, 6, 104004 (arXiv Link).
Relaxation of thermal capillary waves for nanoscale liquid films on anisotropic-slip substrates
Y. Zhang, D.A. Lockerby and J.E. Sprittles. Langmuir, 37, 29, 8667 (arXiv Link).
H-theorem and boundary conditions for the linear R26 equations: application to flow past an evaporating droplet
A.S. Rana, V.K. Gupta, J.E. Sprittles and M. Torrilhon. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 924, A16 (arXiv Link).
Efficient simulation of non-classical liquid-vapour phase-transition flows: a method of fundamental solutions
A.S. Rana, S. Saini, S. Chakraborty, D.A. Lockerby and J.E. Sprittles. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 919, A35 (arXiv Link).
Thermal capillary wave growth and surface roughening of nanoscale liquid films
Y. Zhang, J. E. Sprittles and D. A. Lockerby. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 915, A135 (arXiv Link).
Evaporation from arbitrary nanoporous membrane configurations: an effective evaporation coefficient approach
B. John, L. Gibelli, R. Enright, J. E. Sprittles, D. A. Lockerby and D. R. Emerson. Physics of Fluids, 33, 032022 (Open Access, Featured Article).
2020
Nanoscale thin-film flows with thermal fluctuations and slip
Y. Zhang, J. E. Sprittles & D. A. Lockerby. Physical Review E, 102, 053105 (Open Access).
Velocity distribution of spontaneously evaporating atoms
S. Busuioc, L. Gibelli, D. A. Lockerby, and J. E. Sprittles. Physical Review Fluids, 5, 103401 (arXiv Link).
Molecular physics of jumping nanodroplets
S. Perumanath, M. K. Borg, J. E. Sprittles, and R. Enright. Nanoscale, 12, 20631 (Open Access, Featured on Inside Cover).
Cox-Voinov theory with slip
T. S. Chan, C. Kamal, J. H. Snoeijer, J. E. Sprittles and J. Eggers. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 900, A8 (Open Access).
A computational study of fluctuating viscoelastic forces on trapped interfaces in porous media
L. Cooper and J. E. Sprittles. European Journal of Mechanics – B/Fluids, 84, 496-506 (Open Access).
Bouncing off the walls: the influence of gas-kinetic and van der Waals effects in drop impact
M. V. Chubynsky, K. I. Belousov, D. A. Lockerby and J. E. Sprittles. Physical Review Letters, 124, 084501 (Open Access).
Dynamics of liquid nanothreads: fluctuation-driven instability and rupture
C. Zhao, D. A. Lockerby and J. E. Sprittles. Physical Review Fluids, 5, 044201 (Open Access).
2019
Lifetime of a nanodroplet: kinetic effects and regime transitions.
A. S. Rana, D. A. Lockerby and J. E. Sprittles. Physical Review Letters, 123, 154501 (Open Access).
Numerical investigation of nanoporous evaporation using direct simulation Monte Carlo.
B. John, R. Enright, J. E. Sprittles, L. Gibelli, D. R. Emerson and D. A. Lockerby Physical Review Fluids,4, 113401 (Open Access).
Comment on “Applying a second-kind boundary integral equation for surface tractions in Stokes flow”
J. C. Padrino, J. E. Sprittles and D. A. Lockerby, Journal of Computational Physics, 401, 109007 (Open Access).
Molecular simulation of thin liquid films: thermal fluctuations and instability.
Y. Zhang, J. E. Sprittles and D. A. Lockerby. Physical Review E, 100, 023108 (Open Access, Editors’ Suggestion).
Droplet coalescence is initiated by thermal motion.
S. Perumanath, M. K. Borg, M. V. Chubynsky, J. E. Sprittles and J. M. Reese. Physical Review Letters, 122, 104501 (Open Access).
Thermophoresis of a spherical particle: modelling through moment-based, macroscopic transport equations.
J. C. Padrino, J. E. Sprittles and D. A. Lockerby. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 862, 312-347 (Open Access).
Revisiting the Rayleigh–Plateau instability for the nanoscale.
C. Zhao, J. E. Sprittles and D. A. Lockerby. Journal of Fluid Mechanics (Rapid Communications), 861, R3 (Open Access).
Dynamic drying transition via free-surface cusps.
C. Kamal, J. E. Sprittles, J.H. Snoeijer and J. Eggers. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 858, 760-786 (Open Access).
2018
Mean-field kinetic theory approach to evaporation of a binary liquid into vacuum.
A. Frezzotti, L. Gibelli, D. A. Lockerby & J. E. Sprittles. Physical Review Fluids, 3, 054001 (Open Access).
Evaporation-driven vapour microflows: analytical solutions from moment methods.
A.S. Rana, D.A. Lockerby & J.E. Sprittles. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 841, 962-988 (Open Access).
2017
Fundamental solutions to the regularised 13-moment equations: efficient computation of three-dimensional kinetic effects.
R. Claydon, A. Shrestha, A.S. Rana, J.E. Sprittles & D.A. Lockerby. Journal of Fluid Mechanics (Rapid Communications), 833, R4 (Open Access).
Kinetic effects in dynamic wetting.
J.E. Sprittles. Physical Review Letters, 118, 114502 (Open Access).
2016
Capillary breakup of a liquid bridge: identifying regimes and transitions.
Y. Li and J.E. Sprittles. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 797, 29-59 (Open Access).
Dynamic measurements and simulations of airborne picolitre-droplet coalescence in holographic optical tweezers.
B.R. Bzdek, L. Collard, J.E. Sprittles, A.J. Hudson and J.P. Reid. Journal of Chemical Physics, 145, 054502 (Open Access).
2015
Air entrainment in dynamic wetting: Knudsen effects and the influence of ambient air pressure.
J.E. Sprittles. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 769, 444-481. arXiv Link.
The formation of a bubble from a submerged orifice.
J.A. Simmons, J.E. Sprittles and Y.D. Shikhmurzaev. European Journal of Mechanics B/Fluids, 53, 24-36. arXiv Link.
2014
How coalescing drops jump.
R. Enright, N. Miljkovic, J.E. Sprittles, K. Nolan, R. Mitchell and E.N. Wang. ACS Nano, 8, 10352–10362.
A parametric study of the coalescence of liquid drops in a viscous gas.
J.E. Sprittles and Y.D. Shikhmurzaev. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 753, 279-306. arXiv Link.
Dynamics of liquid drops coalescing in the inertial regime.
J.E. Sprittles and Y.D. Shikhmurzaev. Physical Review E, 89, 063006. arXiv Link.
The coalescence of liquid drops in a viscous fluid: interface formation model.
J.E. Sprittles and Y.D. Shikhmurzaev. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 751, 480-499. arXiv Link.
2013
Drop spreading and penetration into pre-wetted powders.
J.O. Marston, J.E. Sprittles, Y. Zhu, E.Q. Li, I.U. Vakarelski and S.T. Thoroddsen. Powder Tech., 239, 128-136.
Finite element simulation of dynamic wetting flows as an interface formation process.
J.E. Sprittles and Y.D. Shikhmurzaev. Journal of Computational Physics, 233, 34-65. arXiv Link.
Dynamic contact angle of a liquid spreading on an unsaturated wettable porous substrate.
Y.D. Shikhmurzaev and J.E. Sprittles. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 715, 273-282. arXiv Link.
2012
Coalescence of liquid drops: different models versus experiments.
J.E. Sprittles and Y.D. Shikhmurzaev. Physics of Fluids, 24, 122105. arXiv Link.
The dynamics of liquid drops and their interaction with solids of varying wettabilities.
J.E. Sprittles and Y.D. Shikhmurzaev. Physics of Fluids, 24, 082001. arXiv Link.
Anomalous dynamics of capillary rise in porous media.
Y.D. Shikhmurzaev and J.E. Sprittles. Physical Review E, 86, 016306. arXiv Link.
Wetting front dynamics in an isotropic porous medium.
Y.D. Shikhmurzaev and J.E. Sprittles. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 694, 399-407. arXiv Link.
Finite element framework for describing dynamic wetting phenomena.
J.E. Sprittles and Y.D. Shikhmurzaev. Int. Journal for Num. Meth. in Fluids, 68, 1257-1298. arXiv Link.
2011
Viscous flow in domains with corners: Numerical artifacts, their origin and removal.
J.E. Sprittles and Y.D. Shikhmurzaev. Comp. Meth. in App. Mech. and Eng., 200, 1087-1099 arXiv Link.
Viscous flow in corner regions: Singularities and hidden eigensolutions.
J.E. Sprittles and Y.D. Shikhmurzaev. Int. Journal for Num. Meth. in Fluids, 65, 372-382. arXiv Link.
2009
A continuum model for the flow of thin liquid films over intermittentlty chemically patterned surfaces.
J.E. Sprittles and Y.D. Shikhmurzaev. The Eur. Phys. Journal Special Topics, 166, 159-163. arXiv Link.
2007
Viscous flow over a chemically patterned surface.
J.E. Sprittles and Y.D. Shikhmurzaev. Physical Review E, 76, 021602. arXiv
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