Abstract:Phase-change condensation is commonplace in power and process engineering. Due to high surface energy, most condenser surfaces exhibit filmwise mode wherein the condensate is removed due to gravity when the weight overcomes pinning forces. Here, we use cracks (fabrication defects), which form when a copper tube is coated with inverse opals, to transport the condensate away from the condensing surface. Our visualization and experiments show that the cracks have high hydraulic conductivity that preferentially tr… Show more
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