Publications

2023

K. Yamamoto, A. Koklu, A. Beskok, V. S. Ajaev, Polarization of disk electrodes in high-conductivity electrolyte solutions, J. Chem. Phys., accepted, in press

J.E.Davis, O.A.Kabov, D.V.Zaitsev, V.S.Ajaev, Heat transfer, vapor diffusion, and Stefan flow around levitating droplets near a heated liquid surface, J. Fluid Mech. 964 (2023) A3

M.S.A. Javed, V. S. Ajaev. Advection and deposition of microdroplets in stagnation point flow, Interfacial Phenomena Heat Transf. 11 (2023) 103-112

2022

V.S.Ajaev, O.A Kabov, Evaporation and fluid flow near the boundary of a stationary dry patch,  Phys. Rev. E, 105 (2022) 165111

J. A. Barrett, V. S. Ajaev, The effect of electrical double layers on evaporation of sessile droplets, J. Eng. Math,  134 (2022) 10.1-13

V.S.Ajaev, Wetting and contact angle, In: Drying of Complex Fluid Drops: Fundamentals and Applications, Ed. by D. Brutin and K. Sefiane, Royal Soc. of Chemistry, (2022) 13-32

V.S.Ajaev, J.Klentzman, O.A.Kabov,  Contact line motion on heated patterned surfaces, Num. Heat Transfer A, 82 (2022) 802-811

2021

V.S.Ajaev, O.A Kabov, Levitation and self-organization of droplets, Annu Rev. Fluid Mech., 53 (2021) 203-225

D. V. Zaitsev, D. P. Kirichenko, O.A.Kabov, V.S.Ajaev, Levitation conditions for condensing droplets over heated liquid surfaces, Soft Matter 17 (2021)  4623-4631

V.S.Ajaev, D.V. Zaitsev, O.A.Kabov, Levitation of evaporating microscale droplets over solid surfaces, Phys. Rev. Fluids 6  (2021)  053602

2020

V.S.Ajaev, E.Y.Gatapova, O.A.Kabov, Interaction of advancing contact lines with defects on heated substrates, Phys. Rev. E 101 (2020) 022801

J. A. Barrett, V.S.Ajaev, Heat transfer and corner flow in the constrained vapor bubble system, Interfacial Phenomena and Heat Transfer  8 (2020) 291-302 

2019

E.Y.Gatapova, O.A.Kabov, V.S.Ajaev, Evaporation and interface dynamics in microregion on heated substrate of non-uniform wettability, Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer 142 (2019) 118355

 A. Koklu, V. Ajaev, A. Beskok, Self-similar response of electrode polarization for binary electrolytes in parallel plate capacitor systems, Anal. Chem. 91 (2019) 11231-11239

J. A. Barrett, V.S.Ajaev, Modeling of moving liquid-vapor interfaces in the constrained vapor bubble system, Microgravity Sci. Technol. 31 (2019) 685692

2018

M.S.Jutley, V.S.Ajaev, Stability and nonlinear evolution of electrolyte films on substrates with spatially periodic charge density, Phys. Rev. E 98 (2018) 032803

 M.S.Jutley, V.S.Ajaev, Floquet analysis for stability of electrolyte films on substrates with strongly non-uniform charge density, Interfacial Phenomena and Heat Transfer, 6 (2018) 169-178

D. V. Zaitsev, D. P. Kirichenko, V.S.Ajaev, O. A. Kabov, Levitation of ordered arrays of liquid microdroplets over solid-gas and liquid-gas interfaces, Proc. Int. Heat Transfer Conf. – 16 (2018)  1471-1478

2017

D. V. Zaitsev, D. P. Kirichenko, V.S.Ajaev, O. A. Kabov, Levitation and self-organization of liquid microdroplets over dry heated substrates, Phys. Rev. Lett, 119 (2017) 094503

V. S. Ajaev, O. A. Kabov, Heat and mass transfer near contact lines on heated surfaces, Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer, 108 (2017) 918-932

O. A. Kabov, D. V. Zaitsev, D. P. Kirichenko, V. S. Ajaev, Interaction of levitating microdroplets with moist air flow in the contact line region, Nanoscale Microscale Thermophys. Eng., 21 (2017) 60-69

V.S.Ajaev, E. Y. Gatapova, Contact line motion over heated substrates with spatially nonuniform wetting properties,  J. Phys. – Conf. Series, 925 (2017) 012016

2016

V. S. Ajaev, E. Y. Gatapova, O. A. Kabov, Stability and break-up of thin liquid films on patterned and structured surfaces, Adv. Colloid Int. Sci. 228 (2016) 92-104

O. A. Kabov, D. V. Zaitsev, D. P. Kirichenko, V. S. Ajaev, Investigation of moist air flow near contact line using microdroplets as tracers, Interfacial Phenomena Heat Transfer, 4 (2016) 207-216

C.Ketelaar, V. S. Ajaev, Electrostatic effects in the apparent contact line region under a vapor bubble, Proc. Int. Symp. IPHT-Novosibirsk (2016) Art. 00016

2015

C. Ketelaar, V. S. Ajaev, Evaporation, viscous flow, and electrostatic interaction of charged interfaces in the apparent contact line region, Phys. Fluids, 27 (2015) 112110

E. Y. Gatapova, V. S. Ajaev, O. A. Kabov, On drag reduction in a two-phase flow, JETP Lett., 101 (2015) 160-163

C. Ketelaar, V. S. Ajaev, The significance of electrically induced shear stress in drainage of thin aqueous films, Phys. Rev. E, 91 (2015) 052403

C. Ketelaar, V. S. Ajaev, Models of drainage and rupture of thin electrolyte films on flat and structured solid substrates, Proc. IUTAM 15 (2015) 132-138