Revealing Actual Viscoelastic Relaxation Times in Capillary Breakup
Nan Hu*, Jonghyun Hwang, Tachin Ruangkriengsin, Howard A. Stone*, Revealing Actual Viscoelastic Relaxation Times in Capillary Breakup, arXiv:2503.05897.
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Education
- Ph.D in Engineering Thermophysics, Zhejiang University, 2023
- Supervisor: Liwu Fan
- B.E. in Energy and Environmental Systems Engineering, Zhejiang University, 2018
Work experience
- Jan 2024: Postdoctoral Researcher
- Princeton University
- Supervisor: Howard. A. Stone
Publications
Close-contact melting on hydrophobic textured surfaces: Confinement and meniscus effects
Nan Hu*, Liwu Fan*, Xiang Gao, Howard A. Stone*. Close-contact melting on hydrophobic textured surfaces: Confinement and meniscus effects, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Volume 1010 , 10 May 2025 , A46
High-Performance Boiling Surfaces Enabled by an Electrode-Transpose All-Electrochemical Strategy
Yu-Ming Chen†, Nan Hu†, Jia-Yi Zhang†, Yi-Fei Sun, Yue-Fei Wu, Zi-Rui Li, Li-Wu Fan*, High-Performance Boiling Surfaces Enabled by an Electrode-Transpose All-Electrochemical Strategy, Advanced Science, 2413142 (2024).
Insights into the Relationship between Temperature Variation and NAPL Removal during In Situ Thermal Remediation of Soil in the Presence of NAPL–Water Co-boiling: A Two-Dimensional Visualized Sandbox Study
Xin-Yu Xu, Nan Hu*, Qing Wang, Xiao-Dong Li, Zi-Tao Yu, Xin Song, and Li-Wu Fan*, Insights into the Relationship between Temperature Variation and NAPL Removal during In Situ Thermal Remediation of Soil in the Presence of NAPL-Water Co-boiling: A Two-Dimensional Visualized Sandbox Study, Environmental Science and Technology, 58(51), 22594-22602 (2024).
KOH Activated Carbon Coated 3D Wood Solar Evaporator with Highest Water Transport Height and Evaporation Rate for Clean Water Production
Mengxue Zhang, Nan Hu, Yang Guo, Wenhao Wu, Liwu Fan, Daohui Lin, Juan Wang*, Kun Yang*, KOH Activated Carbon Coated 3D Wood Solar Evaporator with Highest Water Transport Height and Evaporation Rate for Clean Water Production, Advanced Science, 2402583 (2024).
Understanding of Co-boiling between Organic Contaminants and Water during Thermal Remediation: Effects of Nonequilibrium Heat and Mass Transport
Xin-Yu Xu, Nan Hu, Zhu-Kang Qian, Qing Wang, Li-Wu Fan*, Xin Song, Understanding of co-boiling between organic contamimants and water during thermal remediation: effects of nanoequilibrium heat and mass transport, Environmental Science and Technology, 57(42), 16043-16052 (2023).
Nanocomposite phase change materials for high-performance thermal energy storage A critical review
Zi-Rui Li, Nan Hu, Li-Wu Fan*, Nanocomposite phase change materials for high-performance thermal energy storage, Energy Storage Materials, 55, 727-753 (2023).
Close-contact melting of shear-thinning fluids
Nan Hu, Li-Wu Fan*, Close-contact melting of shear-thinning fluids, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 968, A9 (2023).
Tackling realistic Li+ flux for high-energy lithium metal batteries
Shuoqing Zhang†, Ruhong Li†, Nan Hu†, Tao Deng, Suting Weng, Zunchun Wu, Di Lu, Haikuo Zhang, Junbo Zhang, Xuefeng Wang, Lixin Chen, Liwu Fan*, Xiulin Fan*, Tackling realistic Li+ flux for high-energy lithium metal batteries, Nature Communications, 13, 5431 (2022).
A numerical study of optimizing the well spacing and heating power for in situ thermal remediation of organic-contaminated soil
Xin-Yu Xu, Nan Hu*, Qing Wang, Li-Wu Fan*, Xin Song, A numerical study of optimizing the well spacing and heating power for in situ thermal remediation of organic-contaminated soil, Case Studies in Thermal Engineering, 33, 101941 (2022).