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    <h1>Active Research Programs</h1>
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      Interliant is currently advancing early-stage research programs that apply engineered interfaces and interfacial physics to distinct water and thermal-management challenges.
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      <h2>Mobile Fog-Harvesting Harp</h2>
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        Fog harvesting offers access to atmospheric water in regions where liquid water is scarce, but existing collectors are limited by low-wind performance, droplet retention, and re-entrainment.
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        The Mobile Fog-Harvesting Harp investigates an <strong>interface-enabled fog-collection mechanism</strong> that integrates aerodynamic conditioning of fog-laden airflow with slippery hydrophilic collector surfaces. These engineered interfaces promote dense droplet nucleation while enabling rapid shedding with minimal pinning, reducing retained water and re-entrainment relative to conventional wire or mesh collectors.
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        The research evaluates whether combining <strong>controlled airflow interaction</strong> with <strong>low-hysteresis, surface-engineered drainage</strong> can deliver measurable improvements in net water yield per frontal area, particularly under low-wind fog conditions where existing collectors are most limited.
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      <p><strong>Current focus:</strong> feasibility-scale modeling, benchtop fog testing, and durability evaluation of surface-engineered wire arrays.</p>
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      <h2>PhaseJump™ Micro Cooler</h2>
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        As power densities in electronics continue to rise, passive thermal-management technologies are increasingly constrained by capillary limits, orientation sensitivity, and slow liquid return.
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        PhaseJump™ explores an <strong>interface-driven thermal-management mechanism</strong> in which condensation is transformed into a controlled droplet-generation and ejection process. The concept builds on prior advances in surface-engineered droplet coalescence and ballistic ejection, extending these principles into compact, sealed device architectures suitable for micro-scale thermal management.
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        Engineered condensation interfaces are used to control where droplets nucleate, grow, merge, and eject, enabling rapid liquid recycling without pumps, wicks, or gravity dependence. By replacing capillary-limited condensate return with <strong>surface-mediated droplet transport</strong>, PhaseJump™ aims to establish a new pathway for passive, orientation-independent hotspot cooling.
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      <p><strong>Current focus:</strong> fabrication and experimental validation of condensation-surface architectures at feasibility scale.</p>
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