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Pool-Boiling Heat-Transfer Enhancement on Cylindrical Surfaces with Hybrid Wettable Patterns

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Swimmers at interfaces enhance interfacial transport.

Jiayi Deng¹, Mehdi Molaei², Nicholas G Chisholm³

¹Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. kstebe@seas.upenn.edu.

|June 21, 2024

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Active swimmers like bacteria trapped at fluid interfaces can enhance transport and mixing. Understanding their circular motion is key for biomimetic designs and applications in nature and industry.

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Area of Science:

Fluid dynamics
Biophysics
Microbiology

Background:

Fluid interfaces are crucial in natural and industrial processes.
Active swimmers, such as bacteria, can interact with and modify fluid interfaces.
Understanding these interactions is vital for applications ranging from biomixing to nanotechnology.

Purpose of the Study:

To characterize the swimming behavior of interfacially trapped bacteria, specifically *Pseudomonas aeruginosa* PA01.
To analyze the hydrodynamic flow fields generated by these swimmers.
To investigate how multiple interfacial swimmers influence tracer transport and self-mixing.

Main Methods:

Experimental characterization of interfacially trapped bacteria.
Analysis of fluid flow using hydrodynamic modes.
Simulations and experiments to study swimmer-induced transport and interactions.

Main Results:

Interfacially trapped bacteria adsorb with pinned contact lines, leading to constrained motion, often in circular paths.
The flow field generated by these swimmers is described by unique dipolar hydrodynamic modes.
Multiple swimmers can significantly enhance interfacial transport of tracers and promote mixing.

Conclusions:

Interfacial swimmers, particularly bacteria, play a significant role in biomixing.
The circular motion of interfacial swimmers is a key factor in enhancing transport.
This research provides insights for designing biomimetic active colloids for improved interfacial transport.