Transport phenomena in nano/molecular confinements

M Nazari, A Davoodabadi, D Huang, T Luo… - ACS …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The transport of fluid and ions in nano/molecular confinements is the governing physics of a
myriad of embodiments in nature and technology including human physiology, plants …

Research progress of heat transfer inside proton exchange membrane fuel cells

Q Wang, B Li, D Yang, H Dai, JP Zheng, P Ming… - Journal of Power …, 2021 - Elsevier
Heat is one of the main causes of performance degradation and failure of proton exchange
membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs). The 'hot spot'and uneven temperature distribution formed …

Nanoconfined fluids: What can we expect from them?

C Sun, R Zhou, Z Zhao, B Bai - The Journal of Physical Chemistry …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Nanoconfined fluids (NCFs), which are confined in nanospaces, exhibit distinctive
nanoscale effects, including surface effects, small-size effects, quantum effects, and others …

Freezing of few nanometers water droplets

A Hakimian, M Mohebinia, M Nazari… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Water-ice transformation of few nm nanodroplets plays a critical role in nature including
climate change, microphysics of clouds, survival mechanism of animals in cold …

Microfluidic and nanofluidic phase behaviour characterization for industrial CO 2, oil and gas

B Bao, J Riordon, F Mostowfi, D Sinton - Lab on a Chip, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Microfluidic systems that leverage unique micro-scale phenomena have been developed to
provide rapid, accurate and robust analysis, predominantly for biomedical applications …

Static and dynamic behavior of CO2 enhanced oil recovery in shale reservoirs: Experimental nanofluidics and theoretical models with dual-scale nanopores

K Zhang, N Jia, S Li, L Liu - Applied Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
Understanding and controlling confined CO 2 fluids in nanopores is at the heart of the CO 2
enhanced oil recovery in shale reservoirs. Here, for the first time, qualitative and quantitative …

Capillary condensation in 8 nm deep channels

J Zhong, J Riordon, SH Zandavi, Y Xu… - The journal of …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Condensation on the nanoscale is essential to understand many natural and synthetic
systems relevant to water, air, and energy. Despite its importance, the underlying physics of …

Exploring anomalous fluid behavior at the nanoscale: Direct visualization and quantification via nanofluidic devices

J Zhong, MA Alibakhshi, Q Xie, J Riordon… - Accounts of chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Nanofluidics is the study of fluids under nanoscale confinement, where small-
scale effects dictate fluid physics and continuum assumptions are no longer fully valid. At …

Nanoscale phase measurement for the shale challenge: multicomponent fluids in multiscale volumes

J Zhong, Y Zhao, C Lu, Y Xu, Z Jin, F Mostowfi… - Langmuir, 2018 - ACS Publications
Hydrocarbon recovery from shale reservoirs provides an increasing share of world energy.
These resources are multicomponent fluid mixtures within multiscale geometries, and …

Coupled miscible carbon utilization-storage processes in fractured shales

K Zhang, Z Jin, S Li - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2022 - Elsevier
Geological carbon storage and utilization is commonly-accepted as the most feasible
approach to mitigate carbon emissions in energy transition period. Shale reservoirs attract …