Special Issue on Advanced Simulation Methods for Capillarity, Interfacial Phenomena, and Multiphase Flow (CIPMF)

Advanced Simulation Methods for Capillarity, Interfacial Phenomena, and Multiphase Flow

Dear Colleagues,

Capillarity plays a fundamental role across a wide range of natural and engineered systems, from liquid transport in porous media to applications in hydrocarbon recovery, energy devices, and biological systems. With increasing complexity at smaller length scales and in multiphase environments, simulation approaches have become critical tools for probing the mechanisms that govern capillary-driven behavior. This special issue aims to provide a platform for recent advances in theoretical, numerical, and data-driven methods that address capillarity phenomena and relevant applications.

We welcome contributions that showcase the development, application, or validation of computational models that enhance our understanding of capillary phenomena in physical, chemical, environmental, and biological systems. Special attention will be given to multiscale approaches that bridge molecular-level mechanisms with continuum-scale behaviors, as well as simulations integrated with experimental observations.

The areas to be covered in this special issue may include, but are not limited to, the following:

1. Molecular dynamics simulations of nanoscale capillarity phenomena;
   
   
2. Multiscale modeling of spontaneous imbibition, adsorption, and wetting;
   
   
3. Lattice Boltzmann and phase-field methods for multiphase systems;
   
   
4. Simulation of liquid film dynamics and capillary rise under confinement;
   
   
5. Interfacial phenomena in porous, fibrous, or biological materials;
   
   
6. Machine learning and data-driven models for capillary prediction;
   
   
7. Coupled thermo-hydro-mechanical-chemical simulations involving capillarity;
   
   
8. Simulation of capillarity in sustainable or functional construction materials;
   
   
9. Modeling of contact angle hysteresis and interfacial instabilities;
   
   
10. Capillary phenomena in microfluidics, energy materials, and environmental systems;
    
    
11. CFD approaches to capillary behavior in interface-dominated structures;
    
    
12. Simulation-based material design for tunable wetting and fluid transport.

 

Guest Editors:

1. Hubao A, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong. Email: hubaoa@ust.hk, a_hubao@whu.edu.cn

2. Jingcun Fan, Stanford University, USA. Email: jcfan@stanford.edu

3. Yichong Chen, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China. Email: chenyichong@imech.ac.cn

4. Sree Hari, Indian Institute of Technology, India. Email: sreehari@iitm.ac.in

5. Xiang Wei, North China Electric Power University, China. Email: xiangwei@ncepu.edu.cn

 

Contact:

• Lan Mei, China University of Geosciences (Wuhan), meil@cug.edu.cn

Manuscript submission information:

The journal’s submission platform https://capi.yandypress.com will be available for receiving submissions to this Special Issue from 1 September 2025. Please select the article type of "VSI: CIPMF" when submitting your manuscript online.

Timeline:

Submission open on September 1, 2025

Submission close on December 31, 2025

Keywords:

Simulation method, porous media, capillarity, Interfacial Phenomena, multiphase Flow

Submission Guidelines:

All submitted papers must be clearly written in excellent English and contain only original work, which has not been published by or is currently under review for any other journals. All papers will be peer-reviewed according to the reviewing policy of Capillarity. This is a virtual special issue, in which all accepted papers will be published immediately. Requests for additional information should be addressed to the guest editors.

Guidelines for preparation of manuscript are highly recommended before your submission. Papers should be submitted via an online submission system. To ensure that all manuscripts are correctly identified for consideration for this special issue, it is important that authors select VSI: CIPMF as the ‘Article Type’ during the submission process.

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