title: An atomistic-continuum hybrid simulation of fluid flows over superhydrophobic surfaces.
abstract: Recent experiments have found that slip length could be as large as on the order of 1 mum for fluid flows over superhydrophobic surfaces. Superhydrophobic surfaces can be achieved by patterning roughness on hydrophobic surfaces. In the present paper, an atomistic-continuum hybrid approach is developed to simulate the Couette flows over superhydrophobic surfaces, in which a molecular dynamics simulation is used in a small region near the superhydrophobic surface where the continuum assumption is not valid and the Navier-Stokes equations are used in a large region for bulk flows where the continuum assumption does hold. These two descriptions are coupled using the dynamic coupling model in the overlap region to ensure momentum continuity. The hybrid simulation predicts a superhydrophobic state with large slip lengths, which cannot be obtained by molecular dynamics simulation alone.
authors.affiliation: LNM, Institute of Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080,People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Qiang
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Guo-Wei
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: He
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