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8/15/2024: An and ACT awarded DoD Space Force SBIR Phase I proposal "Neon Recovery, Purification, and Reliquefication System" ($180K for 6 months).

6/26/2024: An and ACT awarded DoD Navy SSP SBIR Phase I Option "Silicon-to-Silicon Wafer Bonding" ($100K for 6 months).

8/22/2023: An and ACT awarded DoD Navy SSP SBIR Phase I proposal "Silicon-to-Silicon Wafer Bonding" ($140K for 6 months). 

5/25/2023: An and ACT awarded DoD DMEA SBIR Phase I proposal "Modular Cryogenic Dewar for Radiation Testing" ($200K for 6 months). 

4/20/2023: Paper "Dropwise Condensation in Ambient on a Depleted Lubricant-Infused Surface" was published in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces (2022 IF: 9.5).

12/7/2022: Paper "Durable and Regenerative Superhydrophobic Surface Using Porous Nanochannels" was published in Chemical Engineering Journal (2022 IF: 15.1).

06/13/2022: Provisional patent "Durable Superhydrophobic Surface from Porous Micro/Nano Wicks" was filed (Co-inventors: S.C. Maroo, D. Ranjan, A. Zou).

04/07/2022: Paper "Thermal Management of Photovoltaics Using Porous Nanochannels" was published in Energy & Fuels (2020 IF: 3.61).

03/01/2022: Work of sample preparation for single particle CryoEM led to an DOE SBIR phase I grant "Development of Tools to Improve Sample Preparation and Outcomes in Cryogenic Electron Microscopy Single Particle Analysis and Micro-electron Diffracetion crystallography", in which my role is Co-I (PI: B. Apker, Co-PI: R.E. Thorne, Co-I: D. Closs).

02/22/2022: Paper "Disjoining Pressure Driven Transpiration of Water in a Simulated Tree” was published in Journal of Colloid and Interface Science (2021 IF: 8.13).

01/25/2022: Paper "Vapor Generation via Porous Nanochannel Wicks” was published in Cell Reports Physical Science.

12/09/2021: Provisional patent "Improved Methods for Achieving Suitable Sample Thickness for Single Particle Cryo-Electron Microscopy" was filed (Co-inventors: R.E. Thorne, A. Zou).

08/30/2021: Paper "Disjoining Pressure of Water in Nanochannels” was published in Nano Letters (202011 IF: 11.19).

04/14/2021: Paper "Nano-Confinement Effects on Liquid Pressure” was published in Physics of Fluids (2019 IF: 3.514).

12/28/2020: Paper "Droplet Evaporation on Porous Nanochannels for High Heat Flux Dissipation” was published in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces (2019 IF: 8.758).

6/12/2020: Paper "Evaporation Dynamics in Buried Nanochannels with Micropores” was published in Langmuir (2018 IF: 3.683).

4/19/2020: Paper "Transpiration Mechanism in Confined Nanopores" was published in Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters (2018 IF: 7.329).

3/9/2020: Paper "Onset and Critical Radius of Heterogeneous Bubble Nucleation" was published in Applied Physics Letters (2018 IF: 3.521)

9/5/2019: Paper "Pool Boiling Coupled with Nanoscale Evaporation using Buried Nanochannels" was published in Langmuir (2018 IF: 3.683).

8/29/2019: Paper "Wicking in Cross-Connected Buried Nanochannels" was published in Journal of Physical Chemistry C (2018 IF: 4.309).

5/23/2019: Patent "Passive Nano-Heat Pipes for Cooling and Thermal Management of Electronics and Power Conversion Devices" was published. Its application status was pending.

4/30/2019: Work of microlayer in boiling led to a Syracuse Unviersity CUSE grant "High-Resolution Experimental Measurement of Nanoscale Thin Water Film Underneath a Vapor Bubble in Pool Boiling", in which my role is Co-PI (PI: Prof. Maroo).

6/25/2018: Paper "Origin, Evolution, and Movement of Microlayer in Pool Boiling" was published in Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters (2016 IF: 9.353).

4/23/2018: Work of bubble nucleation in nanochannels led to an ONR grant "Phase Change in High-Density Confined Liquids for Thermal Management", in which my role is Key Personnel (PI: Prof. Maroo).