Publications

Publications

2025
19. A. J. Wright, K. M. Chung, Q. Wang, T. Feng, Y.T. Yeh, R. Chen, J. Luo. "Molten Chloride Salt Corrosion of Compositionally Complex Fluorite-Based Oxides." In Prep.

18. X. Zhang, S. R. Adapa, T. Feng, K. M. Chung, D. A. Madden, R. Chen. "Impact of Janssen Effect on Thermal Transport in Granular Flow." International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2025, 239, 126623.

2024
17. K. M. Chung#, S. R. Adapa#, Y. Pei#, R. H. Yeerella, L. Chen, S. Shivakumar, W. Huang, Z. Liu, S. Cai, J. Luo, R. Chen.  "Low Thermal Conductivity and Diffusivity at High Temperatures using Stable High-Entropy Spinel Oxide Nanoparticles." Advanced Materials, 2024, 2406732. #These authors contribute equally

16. S. R. Adapa, X. Zhang, T. Feng, K. M. Chung, K. J. Albrecht, C. K. Ho, D. A. Madden, R. Chen. "Heat Transfer Coefficients of Moving Particle Beds from Flow-Dependent Thermal Conductivity and Near-Wall Resistance." Solar Energy, 2024, 282, 112960.

15. K. M. Chung, N. P. Nguyen, S. R. Adapa, Peter G. Loutzenhiser, R. Chen " In-situ Monitoring Thermochemical Reactions Using Modulated Photothermal Radiometry." Journal of Applied Physics, 2024, 135 (21), 215102.

14. K. Song, D. Zhang, K. M. Chung, R. Chen, J. Luo. "Fluorite-Pyrochlore-Weberite Phase Transitions in a Series of 20-Component Ultrahigh-Entropy Compositionally Complex Ceramics." Journal of the European Ceramic Society, 2024, 44 (13), 7825.

13. X. Zhang, S. Adapa, T. Feng, J. Zeng, K. M. Chung, C. Ho, K. Albrecht, R. Chen. "Micromechanical Origin of Heat Transfer to Granular Flow." Physical Review E, 2024, 109 (4), L042902.

12. T. Feng, B. Pati, K. M. Chung, Y. Pei, R. Chen. "Ceramic-to-Metal Bonding Using Rare-Earth Containing Sn–Bi Solder." Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, 2024, 35 (6), 369.

2023
11. K. M. Chung#, Y. Zhang#, J. Zeng, F. Haddad, S.R. Adapa, T. Feng, P. Li, R. Chen. "In-situ Thermophysical Measurement of Flowing Molten Chloride Salt Using Modulated Photothermal Radiometry." Solar Energy, 2023, 256, 112124. # These authors contribute equally
10. K. M. Chung, T. Feng, J. Zeng, S. R. Adapa, X. Zhang, A. Z. Zhao, Y. Zhang, P. Li, Y. Zhao, J. E. Garay, and R. Chen. "Thermal Conductivity Measurement of Nitrate and Chloride Molten Salts Using Modulated Photothermal Radiometry." International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2023, 217, 124652.
9. J. Zeng, X. Zhang, K. M. Chung, T. Feng, H. Zhang, R. S. Prasher, and R Chen. "Moisture Thermal Battery with Autonomous Water Harvesting for Passive Electronics Cooling." Cell Reports Physical Science, 2023, 4 (2), 101250.
8. K. M. Chung, and R. Chen. "Black coating of quartz sand towards low-cost solar-absorbing and thermal energy storage material for concentrating solar power." Solar Energy,  2023, 249, 98. 

2022

7. J. Zeng#, K. M. Chung#, X. Zhang, T. Feng, S. R. Adapa, and R. Chen. "Characterization and Understanding of Thermal Transport in Stationary and Moving Particle Beds for Concentrating Solar Power." Annual Review of Heat Transfer. 2022, 25, 117. # These authors contribute equally

2021

6. J. Zeng#, K.M. Chung#, S. R. Adapa, T. Feng, and R. Chen. "In-situ thermal transport measurement of flowing fluid using modulated photothermal radiometry." International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 180 (2021): 121767. # These authors contribute equally 

5. J. Zheng, Y. Kodera, X. Xu, S. Shin, K. M. Chung, T. Imai, R. Ihnfeldt, J. E. Garay, and R. Chen. "Suppressing thermal conductivity of nano-grained thermoelectric material using acoustically hard nanoparticles." Journal of Applied Physics, 2021, 130 (23), 235106.

4. J. Zeng#, K. M. Chung#, X. Zhang#, S. R. Adapa, T. Feng, Y. Pei, and R. Chen. "Thermal conductivity modeling of monodispersed microspheres using discrete element method." Journal of Applied Physics, 2021, 130 (16), 165104. # These authors contribute equally

3. K.M. Chung#, J. Zeng#, S. R. Adapa, T. Feng, M. Bagepalli, P. G. Loutzenhiser, K. J. Albrecht, C.K. Ho, and R. Chen. "Measurement and analysis of thermal conductivity of ceramic particle beds for solar thermal energy storage." Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 2021, 230, 111271. # These authors contribute equally

2. J. Zeng#, K. M. Chung#, Q. Wang, X. Wang, Y. Pei, P. Li, and R. Chen. "Measurement of high-temperature thermophysical properties of bulk and coatings using modulated photothermal radiometry." International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2021,170, 120989. #These authors contribute equally

2020

1. A.J. Wright, Q. Wang, S.T. Ko, K.M. Chung, R. Chen, and J. Luo. "Size disorder as a descriptor for predicting reduced thermal conductivity in medium-and high-entropy pyrochlore oxides." Scripta Materialia, 2020, 181, 76.