My group uses molecular simulations to study how freezing/boiling occurs, and how heat is transported at surfaces and interfaces, with applications from aircraft icing to designing next-generation cooling technologies.
Ice Nucleation & Growth
How ice forms on surfaces, vibration effects on freezing, and the design of icephobic coatings
Interfacial Thermofluids
Thermal conductance at solid–liquid interfaces, surface wetting and self-cleaning, and nanomaterial-enhanced cooling
Boiling & Evaporation
Vapour bubble nucleation, wettability effects on boiling, and acoustothermal nanobubble dynamics
