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Volume 6
Research & Reviews: Journal of Material Sciences
ISSN: 2321-6212
Materials Physics 2018
August 16-17, 2018
August 16-17, 2018 | London, UK
4
th
International Conference on
Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
Fluid/solid interface processes associated with emerging materials
Dimitris Drikakis
and
Mike Frank
University of Strathclyde, UK
T
he paper concerns processes at fluid/solid interfaces, which can lead to the design of new materials that meet specifications
with regard to flow velocity, thermal conductivity and shear viscosity. In particular, the talk will focus on the effects
of surface roughness on nanoflows. A fractal model is employed to model wall roughness, and molecular simulations are
performed for liquid argon confined by two solid walls. It is shown that the surface roughness reduces the velocity in the
proximity of the walls with the reduction being accentuated when increasing the roughness depth and wettability of the solid
wall. It also makes the flow three-dimensional and anisotropic. In flows over idealized smooth surfaces, the liquid forms
parallel, well-spaced layers, with a significant gap between the first layer and the solid wall. Rough walls distort the orderly
distribution of fluid layers resulting in an incoherent formation of irregularly shaped fluid structures around and within the
wall cavities. Furthermore, we show that while the viscosity in smooth channels remains constant across the channel width, in
the presence of surface roughness it increases close to the walls. The increase of the boundary viscosity is further accentuated
by an increase in the depth of surface roughness.
dimitris.drikakis@strath.ac.ukRes. Rev. J Mat. Sci. 2018, Volume 6
DOI: 10.4172/2321-6212-C2-018