Élfego Ruiz-Gutiérrez

Elfego Ruiz Gutierrez

Research Fellow

Department: Mathematics, Physics and Electrical Engineering

Campus Address

E402 Ellison Building
Northumbria University,
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 8ST

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Key Publications

Controlling the breakup of toroidal liquid films on solid surfaces, Edwards, A., Ruiz-Gutiérrez, É., Newton, M., McHale, G., Wells, G., Ledesma-Aguilar, R., Brown, C. 1 Dec 2021, In: Scientific Reports
Contact-Angle Hysteresis and Contact-Line Friction on Slippery Liquid-like Surfaces, Barrio-Zhang, H., Ruiz-Gutiérrez, É., Armstrong, S., McHale, G., Wells, G., Ledesma Aguilar, R. 15 Dec 2020, In: Langmuir
Lattice-Boltzmann simulations of the dynamics of liquid barrels, Ruiz Gutierrez, E., Ledesma Aguilar, R. 13 May 2020, In: Journal of Physics Condensed Matter
Lattice-Boltzmann Simulations of Electrowetting Phenomena, Ledesma Aguilar, R., Ruiz Gutierrez, E. 9 Apr 2019, In: Langmuir
Snap evaporation of droplets on smooth topographies, Wells, G., Ruiz Gutiérrez, É., Le Lirzin, Y., Nourry, A., Orme, B., Pradas, M., Ledesma Aguilar, R. 11 Apr 2018, In: Nature Communications
Statics and Dynamics of Liquid Barrels in Wedge Geometries, Ruiz Gutierrez, E., Semprebon, C., McHale, G., Ledesma Aguilar, R. 10 May 2018, In: Journal of Fluid Mechanics
Drop transport and positioning on lubricant-impregnated surfaces, Guan, J., Ruiz-Gutierrez, E., Xu, B., McHale, G., Ledesma-Aguilar, R., Wells, G., Wood, D. 14 May 2017, In: Soft Matter
Energy invariance in capillary systems, Ruiz-Gutierrez, E., Guan, J., Xu, B., McHale, G., Wells, G., Ledesma-Aguilar, R. 26 May 2017, In: Physical Review Letters
Theoretical and Computational Modelling of Wetting Phenomena in Smooth Geometries, Ruiz Gutierrez, E. Dec 2017

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