EFFECT OF HUMIDITY AND AIRFLOW VELOCITY ON DROPLETS ELAPSED TIME AND RADIUS AT THE ONSET OF FREEZING AND FROST NUCLEATION FOR SUPER-HYDROPHILIC AND SUPERHYDROPHOBIC SURFACES

The complete pathophysiology of decompression illness is not yet fully understood. What is known is that the longer a diver breathes pressurized air at depth, the more likely nitrogen bubbles are to form once the diver returns to surface [1]. These bubbles have varying mechanical, embolic and biochemical effects on the body. The symptoms produced can be as mild as joint pain or as significant as severe neurologic dysfunction, cardiopulmonary collapse or death. Once clinically diagnosed, decompression illness must be treated rapidly with recompression therapy in a hyperbaric chamber. This case report involves a middle-aged male foreign national who completed three dives, all of which incurred significant bottom time (defined as: “the total elapsed time from the time the diver leaves the surface to the time he/she leaves the bottom)” [2]. The patient began to develop severe abdominal and back pain within 15 minutes of surfacing from his final dive. This case is unique, as his presentation was very concerning for other medical catastrophes that had to be quickly ruled out, prior to establishing the diagnosis of severe decompression illness. After emergency department resuscitation, labs and imaging were obtained; abdominal decompression illness was confirmed by CT, revealing a significant abdominal venous gas burden.

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Application of copolymerization in preparation of superhydrophobic surfaces

IOP Conference Series Earth and Environmental Science ◽

10.1088/1755-1315/639/1/012034 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 639 ◽

pp. 012034

Author(s):

Jinsheng Ma ◽

Xiaoning Wang ◽

Rui Wang

Keyword(s):

Superhydrophobic Surfaces

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Enhancement and Guidance of Coalescence-Induced Jumping of Droplets on Superhydrophobic Surfaces with a U-Groove

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces ◽

10.1021/acsami.1c08142 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Chuntian Liu ◽

Meirong Zhao ◽

Yelong Zheng ◽

Dunqiang Lu ◽

Le Song

Keyword(s):

Superhydrophobic Surfaces

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Contribution of Superhydrophobic Surfaces and Polymer Additives to Drag Reduction

ChemBioEng Reviews ◽

10.1002/cben.202000036 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Taiba Kouser ◽

Yongliang Xiong ◽

Dan Yang

Keyword(s):

Drag Reduction ◽

Superhydrophobic Surfaces ◽

Polymer Additives

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Controlling water adhesion on superhydrophobic surfaces with bi-functional polymers

Colloids and Surfaces A Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects ◽

10.1016/j.colsurfa.2021.126307 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 616 ◽

pp. 126307

Author(s):

Daiki Arisawa ◽

Yasushi Umetsu ◽

Atsushi Yoshizawa ◽

Christopher Hill ◽

Julian Eastoe ◽

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Keyword(s):

Functional Polymers ◽

Superhydrophobic Surfaces ◽

Water Adhesion

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Many-body dissipative particle dynamics study of the local slippage over superhydrophobic surfaces

Physics of Fluids ◽

10.1063/5.0056260 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 33 (7) ◽

pp. 072001

Author(s):

Liuzhen Ren ◽

Haibao Hu ◽

Luyao Bao ◽

Mengzhuo Zhang ◽

Jun Wen ◽

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Keyword(s):

Dissipative Particle Dynamics ◽

Particle Dynamics ◽

Superhydrophobic Surfaces ◽

Many Body ◽

Local Slippage

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Fabrication of Superhydrophobic Surface by Modulating Morphology of the Organogel

Soft Matter ◽

10.1039/d0sm02182b ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Jianchen Zhu ◽

Tian ren Zhang ◽

Yajie Liu ◽

Daoyi Lu ◽

Peng Zhang ◽

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Keyword(s):

Molecular Weight ◽

Superhydrophobic Surface ◽

Superhydrophobic Surfaces ◽

Low Molecular Weight

A kind of low-molecular weight organic gelator (LMOG) bearing hydrazine linkage and end-capped by alkoxy-substituted phenyl, namely 1, 4-bis[(3, 4-bisoctyloxyphenyl)hydrozide]phenylene (BPH-8), was used to facilely fabricate superhydrophobic surfaces by drop-casting...

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