Journal Articles – Complex Fluids & Multiphase Transport Lab

Rokoni, A., and Sun, Y.,

Probing the temperature profile across a liquid-vapor interface upon phase change, Journal of Chemical Physics, 153, 144706, 2020.PDF

Cui, C., Kim, D., Pack, M., Han, B., Sun, Y., Han, L.,

4D printing of self-folding and cell-encapsulating 3D microstructures as scaffolds for tissue-engineering applications, Biofabrication, Vol. 12, 045018, 2020.

Zhang, L., Spatari, S., and Sun, Y.,

Life-cycle-assessment of novel heat exchanger for dry cooling of power plants based on encapsulated phase change materials, Applied Energy, Vol. 271, 115227, 2020PDF

Kim, D., Rokoni, A., Kaneelil, P., Cui, C., Han, L., Sun, Y.,

Role of Surfactant in Evaporation and Deposition of Bisolvent Biopolymer Droplets , Langmuir, Vol. 35, 12773-12781, 2019.PDF

Rokoni, A., Kim, D., and Sun, Y.,

Micropattern-controlled wicking enhancement in hierarchical micro/nanostructures , Soft Matter, Vol. 15, 6518-6529, 2019.PDF

Vahidi, S., Schruba, E., Sun, Y., McCarthy, M., Hsuan, Y.G.,

A New Test Setup for Testing Polyethylene Tubes under Constant and Cyclic Internal Pressures , Plastics Engineering, Vol. 74, 32-37, 2018.

Pack, M., Kaneelil, P., Kim, H., and Sun, Y.

Contact Line Instability Caused by Air Rim Formation under Nonsplashing Droplets , Langmuir, Vol. 34, 4962-4969, 2018.PDF

Kim, D., Pack, M., Rokoni, A., Kaneelil, P., and Sun, Y.

The Effect of Particle Wettability on the Stick-Slip Motion of the Contact Line , Soft Matter, Vol. 14, 9599-9608, 2018.PDF

Xu, B., Bhagwat, S., Xu, H., Rokoni, A., McCarthy, M., and Sun, Y.

System-Level Analysis of a Novel Air-Cooled Condenser using Spray Freezing of Phase Change Materials , Applied Thermal Engineering, Vol. 131, 102-114, 2018.PDF

Kapilow⁠, D., Hsuan, G., Sun, Y., McCarthy, M.

Convective Melting and Freezing of Phase Change Materials Encapsulated within Small Diameter Polymer Tubes , Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, Vol. 92, 259-269, 2018.PDF

Pack, M., Hu, H., Kim, D., Zheng, Z., Stone, H., and Sun, Y.

Failure mechanisms of air entrainment in drop impact on lubricated surfaces , Soft Matter, Vol. 13, 2402-2409, 2017.PDF

Temirel, M., Hu, H., Shabgard, H., Boettcher, P., McCarthy, M., and Sun, Y.

Solidification of Additive-Enhanced Phase Change Materials in Spherical Enclosures with Convective Cooling , Applied Thermal Engineering, Vol. 111, 134–142, 2017.PDF

Hu, H. and Sun, Y.

Effect of Nanostructures on Heat Transfer Coefficient of an Evaporating Meniscus , International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. 101, 878-885, 2016.PDF

Zong, D., Hu, H., Duan, Y., and Sun, Y.

Viscosity of water under electric field: Anisotropy induced by redistribution of hydrogen bonds , The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, Vol. 120, 4818-4827, 2016.PDF

Shabgard, H., Hu, H., Boettcher, P. A., McCarthy, M., and Sun Y.

Heat Transfer Analysis of PCM Slurry Flow between Parallel Plates , International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. 99, 895-903, 2016.PDF

Kim, D., Pack, M., Hu, H., Kim, H., and Sun, Y.

Deposition of Colloidal Drops Containing Ellipsoidal Particles: Competition between Capillary and Hydrodynamic Forces , Langmuir, Vol. 32, 11899-11906, 2016.PDF

Sun, L., Hu, H., Rokoni, A.A., and Sun, Y.

Intrinsic instability of thin liquid films on nanostructure surfaces , Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 109, 111601, 2016.PDF

Boettcher, P.A., Hu, H., Bane, S.P.M., McCarthy, M., Sun, Y.

Dust ignition of pure and encapsulated paraffin phase change materials , Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries, Vol. 30, 298-393, 2016.PDF

Rahman, M.M., Hu, H., Shabgard, H., Boettcher, P., Sun, Y., and McCarthy, M.

Experimental characterization of inward freezing and melting of additive-enhanced PCM within millimeter-scale cylindrical enclosures , ASME Journal of Heat Transfer, Vol. 138, 072301, 2016.PDF

Hu, H., Weinberger, C., Sun, Y.

Model of meniscus shape and disjoining pressure of thin liquid films on nanostructured surfaces with electrostatic interactions , The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, Vol. 119, 11177-11185, 2015.PDF

Andersen, C.P., Hu, H., Qiu, G., Kalra, V., Sun, Y.

Pore-scale transport resolved model incorporating cathode microstructure and perioxide growth in lithium-air batteries , The Journal of The Electrochemical Society, Vol. 162, A1135-1145, 2015.PDF

Rahman, M.M., Hu, H., Shabgard, H., Boettcher, P., Sun, Y., McCarthy, M.

Dendrite growth during freezing of millimeter-Scale eicosane droplets , Journal of Heat Transfer, Vol. 137, 080905, 2015.PDF

Pack, M., Hu, H., Kim, D., Yang, X., Sun, Y.

Colloidal drop deposition on porous substrates: Competition among particle motion, evaporation and infiltration , Langmuir, Vol. 31, 7953-7961, 2015.PDF

Yang, X., Li, C. Y., Sun, Y.

From multi-ring to spider web and radial spoke: Competiion between receding contact line and particle deposition in drying colloidal drop , Soft Matter, Vol. 10, 4458-4463, 2014.PDF

Hu, H., Weinberger, C., Sun, Y.

Effect of nanostructures on meniscus shape and disjoining pressure of ultrathin liquid film , Nano Letters, Vol. 14, 7131-7137, 2014.PDF

Hu, H. and Sun. Y.

Molecular dynamics simulations of disjoining pressure effect in ultra-thin water film on a metal surface , Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 103, 263110, 2013.PDF

Lu, G., Hu, H., Duan, Y., Sun, Y.

Wetting kinetics of water nano-droplet containing non-surfactant nanoparticles: A molecular dynamics study , Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 103, 253104, 2013.PDF

Hu, H., Ji, H.-F., Sun, Y.

The effect of oxygen vacancies on water wettability of a ZnO surface , Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, Vol. 15, 16557-16565, 2013.PDf

Tian, Z., Hu, H., and Sun, Y.

A molecular dynamics study of effective thermal conductivity in nanocomposites , International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. 61, 577-582, 2013.PDF

Yang, X., Chhasatia, V.H., and Sun, Y.

Oscillation and recoil of single and consecutively printed drops , Langmuir, Vol. 29, 2185-2192, 2013.PDF

Fleischman, M.S., Lee, B.S., Rodriguez-Santiago, V., Chhasatia, V. H., Sun, Y., and Pappas, D.D.

Hybrid method involving atmospheric plasma treatment and inkjet deposition for the development of conductive patterns on flexible polymers , Surface and Coatings Technology, Vol. 206, 3923-3930, 2012.PDF

Zhou, S. and Sun, Y.

Multiscale, multiphysics model of underfill flow for flip-chip packages, IEEE Transactions on Components , Packaging, and Manufacturing Technology, Vol. 2, 893-902, 2012.PDF

Qiu, G., Joshi, A.S., Dennison, C.R., Knehr, K.W., Kumbur, E.C., and Sun, Y.

3-D pore-scale resolved model for coupled charge and fluid transport in a vanadium redox flow battery , Electrochimica Acta, Vol. 64, 46-64, 2012.PDF

Yang, X., Chhasatia, V.H., Shah, J., and Sun, Y.

Coalescence, evaporation and particle deposition of consecutively printed colloidal drops , Soft Matter, Vol. 8, 9205-9213, 2012.PDF

Hu, H. and Sun, Y.

Effect of nanopatterns on Kapitza resistance at a water-gold interface during boiling: A molecular dynamics study , Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 112, 053508, 2012.PDF

Qiu, G., Dennison, C.R., Knehr, K.W., Kumbur, E.C., and Sun, Y.

Pore-scale analysis of effects of electrode morphology and electrolyte flow conditions on performance of vanadium redox flow batteries , Journal of Power Sources, Vol. 219, 223-234, 2012.PDF

Chhasatia, V.H. and Sun, Y.

Interaction of Bi-dispersed particles with contact line in an inkjet-printed evaporating colloidal drop , Soft Matter, Vol. 7, 10135-10143, 2011.PDF

Biswas, S., Gawande, S., Bromberg, V., and Sun, Y.

Effects of particle size and substrate surface properties on deposition dynamics of inkjet-printed colloidal drops for printable photovoltaics fabrication , Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, Vol. 132, 021010, 2010.PDF

Joshi, A. S. and Sun, Y.

Numerical Simulation of Colloidal Drop Deposition Dynamics on Patterned Substrates for Printable Electronics Fabrication , IEEE Journal of Display Technology, Vol. 6, 579-585, 2010.PDF

Sun, Y. and Beckermann, C.

Phase-field modeling of bubble growth and flow in a Hele-Shaw cell , International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. 53, 2969–2978, 2010.PDF

Zheng, L. and Sun, Y.

An examination of underfill flow in large dies with non-uniform bump patterns , IEEE Transactions on Components and Packaging Technologies, Vol. 33, 196-205, 2010.PDF

Tian, Z., White, B., and Sun, Y.

Phonon wave-packet interference and phonon tunneling based energy transport across nanostructured thin films , Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 96, 263113, 2010.PDF

Joshi, A.S. and Sun, Y.

Modeling wetting dynamics and particle deposition for an evaporating drop containing suspended particles , Physical Review E, Vol. 82, 041401, 2010.PDF

Chhasatia, V.H., Joshi, A.S., and Sun, Y.

Effect of relative humidity on contact angle and particle deposition morphology of an evaporating colloidal drop , Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 97, 231909, 2010.PDF

Yin, L., Murray, B., Su, S., Sun, Y., Efraim, Y., Taitelbaum, H., and Singler, T.

Reactive wetting in metal-metal systems , Journal of Physics Condensed Matter (invited), Vol. 21, 464130, 2009.PDF

Sun, Y. and Webb, E.B.,

Atomistic mechanism of high temperature contact line advancement: results from molecular dynamics simulations , Journal of Physics Condensed Matter (invited), Vol. 21, 464135, 2009.PDF

Sun, Y. and Beckermann, C.

Effect of solid-liquid density change on dendrite tip velocity and shape selection , Journal of Crystal Growth, Vol. 311, 4447-4453, 2009.PDF

Joshi, A.S. and Sun, Y.

Multiphase lattice Boltzmann method for particle suspensions , Physical Review E, Vol. 79, 066703, 2009.PDF

Su, S., Yin, L., Sun, Y., Murray, B., and Singler, T.

Modeling dissolution and spreading of Sn-Bi alloy drops on a Bi substrate , Acta Materialia, Vol. 57, 3110-3122, 2009.PDF

Sun, Y. and Beckermann, C.,

Diffuse interface modeling of two-phase flows based on averaging: mass and momentum equations , Physica D, Vol. 3-4, pp. 281-308, 2004.PDF

Gao, J., Sun, Y., Wen, J., and Smith, T.F.

An experimental study of energy consumption and thermal comfort for electric and hydronic reheat modes , Energy and Buildings, Vol. 37, pp. 203-214, 2005.PDF

Sun, Y. and Smith, T.F.

Air flow characteristics of a room with square cone diffusers , Building and Environment, Vol. 40, pp. 589-600, 2005.PDF

Sun, Y. and Beckermann, C.

Sharp interface tracking using the phase-field equation , Journal of Computational Physics, , Vol. 220, pp. 626-653, 2007.PDF

Sun, Y. and Beckermann, C.

A two-phase diffuse-interface model for Hele-Shaw flows with large property contrasts , Physica D, Vol. 237, 3089-3098, 2008.PDF