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Reverse capillary trapping and self-removal of non-aqueous fluid from dead-end structures by nanoparticle suspension
KTH, Skolan för teknikvetenskap (SCI), Teknisk mekanik. Department of Engineering Mechanics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, PR China.ORCID-id: 0000-0002-7980-9691
Department of Engineering Mechanics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, PR China.
Department of Engineering Mechanics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, PR China.
KTH, Skolan för teknikvetenskap (SCI), Teknisk mekanik.ORCID-id: 0000-0002-8209-1449
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2025 (Engelska)Ingår i: Journal of Fluid Mechanics, ISSN 0022-1120, E-ISSN 1469-7645, Vol. 1009, artikel-id A14Artikel i tidskrift (Refereegranskat) Published
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We report an anomalous capillary phenomenon that reverses typical capillary trapping via nanoparticle suspension and leads to a counterintuitive self-removal of non-aqueous fluid from dead-end structures under weakly hydrophilic conditions. Fluid interfacial energy drives the trapped liquid out by multiscale surfaces: the nanoscopic structure formed by nanoparticle adsorption transfers the molecular-level adsorption film to hydrodynamic film by capillary condensation, and maintains its robust connectivity, then the capillary pressure gradient in the dead-end structures drives trapped fluid motion out of the pore continuously. The developed mathematical models agree well with the measured evolution dynamics of the released fluid. This reversing capillary trapping phenomenon via nanoparticle suspension can be a general event in a random porous medium and could dramatically increase displacement efficiency. Our findings have implications for manipulating capillary pressure gradient direction via nanoparticle suspensions to trap or release the trapped fluid from complex geometries, especially for site-specific delivery, self-cleaning, or self-recover systems.

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Cambridge University Press (CUP) , 2025. Vol. 1009, artikel-id A14
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porous media, suspensions
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URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-363121DOI: 10.1017/jfm.2025.53ISI: 001465985600001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-105003038181OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-363121DiVA, id: diva2:1956371
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