S.C. Maroo, A. Zou, M. Gupta, “Passive Nano-Heat Pipes for Cooling and Thermal Management of Electronics and Power Conversion Devices”, Provisional Patent Application no. 62/589,202 (2017), US Patent Application no. 16/196,838 (2019)
A. Zou, S.C. Maroo, "Nano-Confinement Effects on Liquid Pressure”, Physics of Fluids, 042007 (2021) IF: 3.514 in 2019
S. Poudel, A. Zou, S.C. Maroo, "Droplet Evaporation on Porous Nanochannels for High Heat Flux Dissipation”, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 13: 1853-1860 (2021) IF: 8.758 in 2019
A. Zou, M. Gupta, S.C. Maroo, “Transpiration Mechanism in Confined Nanopores”, Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 11: 3637-3641 (2020). IF: 7.329 in 2018
S. Poudel, A. Zou, S.C. Maroo, “Evaporation Dynamics in Buried Nanochannels with Micropores”, Langmuir, 36: 7801-7807 (2020). IF: 3.683 in 2018
M. Gupta, A. Zou, S.C. Maroo, “Onset and Critical Radius of Heterogeneous Bubble Nucleation”, Applied Physics Letters, 116: 103704 (2020). IF: 3.521 in 2018
A. Zou, S. Poudel, S.P. Raut, S.C. Maroo, “Pool Boiling Coupled with Nanoscale Evaporation using Buried Nanochannels”, Langmuir, 35, 12689-12693 (2019). IF: 3.683 in 2018
S. Poudel, A. Zou, S.C. Maroo, “Wicking in Corss-Connected Buried Nanochannels”, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 123: 23529-23534 (2019). IF: 4.309 in 2018
A. Zou, M. Gupta, S.C. Maroo, “Origin, Evolution and Movement of Microlayer in Pool Boiling”, Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 9: 3863-3869 (2018). IF: 9.353 in 2016
A. Zou, D.P. Singh, S.C. Maroo, “Early Evaporation of Microlayer for Boiling Heat Transfer Enhancement”, Langmuir, 32: 10808-10814 (2016). IF: 3.993 in 2015
Ranked #5 outputs of similar age from Langmuir
A. Zou, A. Chanana, A. Agrawal, P.C. Wayner, Jr., S.C. Maroo, “Steady State Vapor Bubble in Pool Boiling”, Scientific Reports, 6: 20240 (2016). IF: 5.578 in 2014
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A. Zou, S.C.Maroo, "Critical Height of Micro/Nano Structures for Pool Boiling Heat Transfer Enhancement”, Applied Physics Letters, 103: 221602 (2013). IF: 3.794 in 2012
A. Zou, C. Shen, L. Zhao, G. Dai, “Effect of Microwave Pretreatment on Component Fractionation and Saccharification of Corn Stalk”, Transactions of the Chinese Society of Agricultural Engineering, 27: 1-7 (2011)
A. Zou, C. Shen, L. Zhao, G. Dai, “Pre-extraction of Hemicellulose from Corn Stover under Microwave Irradiation”, Journal of East China University of Science and Technology, 36: 469-474 (2010)
A. Zou*, S.C. Maroo, M. Gupta, “Equilibrium Pressure of Liquid Confined in Nanopores Using Molecular Dynamics Simulations”, ASME 2020 Heat Transfer Summer Conference Proceedings, HT2020-9089 (2020) (*Corresponding Author)
M. Gupta, S.P. Raut, A. Zou, T. Tokumasu, S.C. Maroo, “Pressure Effects in Thin Water Film by Molecular Dynamics”, Proceedings of the Nineteenth International Symposium on Advanced Fluid Information, pp. 30-31 (2019)
A. Zou, S.P. Raut, M. Gupta, S.C. Maroo, “Pool Boiling Coupled with Nanoscale Evaporation using Buried Nanochannels”, The 2018-2019 Cornell Nanoscale Facility Research Accomplishments, pp. 118-119 (2019)
M. Gupta, A. Zou, T. Tokumasu, S.C. Maroo, “Thermodynamic Property Gradients in Near- Surface Water Thin Film”, Proceedings of the Eighteenth International Symposium on Advanced Fluid Information, pp. 112-113 (2018)
A. Zou, M. Gupta, S.C. Maroo, “Origin of Microlayer in Pool Boiling”, 2017-2018 Cornell Nanoscale Facility Research Accomplishments, pp. 138-139 (2018)
G. Vaartstra, A. Zou, S.C. Maroo, “Hydrophobic/Hydrophilic Nanoscale Patterns for Enhanced Pool Boiling”, 2016-2017 Cornell Nanoscale Facility Research Accomplishments, pp. 140-141 (2017)
A. Zou, S.C. Maroo, “Pool Boiling Critical Heat Flux Enhancement by Early Evaporation of Microlayer”, 2016-2017 Cornell Nanoscale Facility Research Accomplishments, pp. 142-143 (2017)
A. Chanana, A. Zou, A. Agrawal, P.C. Wayner, Jr., S.C. Maroo, “Contact Angle Measurement of Vapor Bubble in Pool Boiling”, Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Boiling and Condensation Heat Transfer, pp. 89-90 (2015)
A. Zou, C. Shen, L. Zhao, G. Dai, “Component Fractionation and Saccharification of Corn Stover by Microwave Pretreatment”, Proceedings of the Symposium of Rural Renewable En- ergies and Low-Carbon Technologies in China, pp. 279-285 (2011)
A. Zou, S. Poudel, S.C. Maroo, “Confinement Effects on Molecular Mechanics and Structure of the Liquid Layers at Solid-Liquid Interface”, ASME 2021 Summer Heat Transfer Conference, Virtual Con- ference, Jun. 16-18, 2021 (to be presented)
S. Poudel, A. Zou, S.C. Maroo, “Implementing Thermal Management With Porous Nanochannels in Photovoltaic Cooling”, ASME 2021 Summer Heat Transfer Conference, Virtual Conference, Jun. 16-18, 2021 (to be presented)
A. Zou, S. Poudel, S.C. Maroo, “Buried Nanochannels for High Heat Flux Dissipation”, NSF Workshop: New Frontiers of Thermal Transport, Virtual Workshop, Dec. 14-16, 2020 & Jan. 4-6, 2021 (poster)
A. Zou, M. Gupta, S.C. Maroo, “Counterintuitive Flow from Low-Pressure Bulk to High-Pressure Nano-pore”, APS DFD 2020 Conference, Virtual Conference, Nov. 22-24, 2020
S. Poudel, A. Zou, S.C. Maroo, “Droplet-Coupled Wicking in Nanochannels with Micropores”, APS DFD 2020 Conference, Virtual Conference, Nov. 22-24, 2020
S. Poudel, A. Zou, S.C. Maroo, “Thermal Management using Buried Nanochannels”, NY State Section Fall Meeting of APS, Nov. 6, 2020 (poser, won 1st prize (graduate level) in poster competition)
A. Zou, M. Gupta, S.C. Maroo, “Will Liquid Flow From Low Pressure Region to High Pressure Region?”, ASME 2020 Summer Heat Transfer Conference, Virtual Conference, Jul. 13-15, 2020
A. Zou, S. Poudel, D. Ranjan, S.C. Maroo, “Buried Nanochannels: A Tool for Exploring Solutions for High Heat Flux Removal”, ASME 2020 Summer Heat Transfer Conference, Virtual Conference, Jul. 13-15, 2020
A. Zou, S.C. Maroo, M. Gupta, “Equilibrium Pressure of Liquid Confined in Nanopores Using Molecular Dynamics Simulations”, ASME 2020 Summer Heat Transfer Conference, Virtual Conference, Jul. 13-15, 2020
S. Poudel, A. Zou, S.C. Maroo, “Experimental and Numerical Investigation of Evaporation Dynamics in Nanochannels With Micropores”, ASME 2020 Summer Heat Transfer Conference, Virtual Conference, Jul. 13-15, 2020
S. Poudel, A. Zou, S.C. Maroo, “Investigation of Thin Film Evaporation in Nanochannels Sample Using Surface Heating”, ASME 2020 Summer Heat Transfer Conference, Virtual Conference, Jul. 13-15, 2020
D. Ranjan, S. Poudel, A. Zou, S.C. Maroo, “Stability of Evaporating Liquid Meniscus in Cross Connected Buried Nanochannel Wicks”, ASME 2020 Summer Heat Transfer Conference, Virtual Conference, Jul. 13-15, 2020
A. Zou, M. Gupta, S.C. Maroo, “Pressure Effects in Thin Liquid Film at a Surface using Molecular Dynamics”, ASME 2019 Summer Heat Transfer Conference, Bellevue, WA, Jul. 15-18, 2019
A. Zou, M. Gupta, S.C. Maroo, “Origin and Evolution of Microlayer in Pool Boiling”, ASME 2019 Summer Heat Transfer Conference, Bellevue, WA, Jul. 15-18, 2019
A. Zou, S.P. Raut, S. Poudel, S.C. Maroo, “Wicking vs. Contact Line Extension for Boiling Enhancement in Porous Structures”, ASME 2019 Summer Heat Transfer Conference, Bellevue, WA, Jul. 15-18, 2019
S. Poudel, S.P. Raut, A. Zou, S.C. Maroo, “Experimental and Numerical Study of Wicking in Porous Structure of Micro/Nano Channels”, ASME 2019 Summer Heat Transfer Conference, Bellevue, WA, Jul. 15-18, 2019
M. Gupta, A. Zou, S.C. Maroo, “Critical Radius of Bubble Nucleation in Pool Boiling”, ASME 2019 Summer Heat Transfer Conference, Bellevue, WA, Jul. 15-18, 2019
M. Gupta, S.P. Raut, A. Zou, T. Tokumasu, S.C. Maroo, “Pressure Effects in Thin Water Film by Molecular Dynamics”, 16th International Conference on Flow Dynamics, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan, Nov. 6-8, 2019
A. Zou, M. Gupta, S.C. Maroo, “Origin and evolution of microlayer in a vapor bubble during pool boiling”, ASME 2018 International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, Pittsburgh, PA, Nov. 9-15, 2018
A. Zou, M. Gupta, S.C. Maroo, “Contact line and microlayer movement in a vapor bubble during pool boiling”, ASME 2018 International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, Pittsburgh, PA, Nov. 9-15, 2018
M. Gupta, A. Zou, T. Tokumasu, S.C. Maroo, “Thermodynamic property gradients in near-surface water thin film”, 15th International Conference on Flow Dynamics, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan, Nov. 7-9, 2018
A. Zou, A. Chanana, S.C. Maroo, “Microlayer evolution and contact line behavior of a vapor bubble on hydrophobic and hydrophilic surfaces”, ASME 2017 International Conference on Nanochannels, Microchannels, and Minichannels, Cambridge, MA, Aug. 27-30, 2017
A. Zou, M. Gupta, S.C. Maroo, “Mechanistic understanding of early-evaporation of microlayer as CHF enhancement mechanism”, ASME 2017 International Conference on Nanochannels, Microchannels, and Minichannels, Cambridge, MA, Aug. 27-30, 2017
M. Gupta, S. Bijalwan, A. Zou, S.C. Maroo, “Nanoscale heat transfer in LAMMPS: non-polar fluid and surface atoms”, ASME 2017 International Conference on Nanochannels, Microchannels, and Minichannels, Cambridge, MA, Aug. 27-30, 2017
A. Zou, A. Chanana, S.C. Maroo, A. Agrawal, P.C. Wayner, Jr., “Heat transfer characteristics of a quasi-steady vapor bubble in pool boiling”, ASME 2016 Heat Transfer, Fluids Engineering, & Nanochannels, Microchannels, and Minichannels Conferences, Washington, DC, July 10-14, 2016
D.P. Singh, R.M. Olson, A. Zou, S.C. Maroo, “Effect of subcooling on bubble growth rate in pool boiling”, ASME 2016 Heat Transfer, Fluids Engineering, & Nanochannels, Microchannels, and Minichannels Conferences, Washington, DC, July 10-14, 2016
A. Zou, D.P. Singh, S.C. Maroo, “ New mechanism of CHF enhancement in pool boiling”, ASME 2016 Heat Transfer, Fluids Engineering, & Nanochannels, Microchannels, and Minichannels Conferences, Washington, DC, July 10-14, 2016
A. Zou, S.C. Maroo, “Effect of SiO2 ridge geometry on CHF enhancement in pool boiling”, ASME 2015 International Technical Conference and Exhibition on Packaging and Integration of Electronics and Photonics Microsystems, & International Conference on Nanochannels, Microchannels, and Minichannels, San Francisco, CA, July 6-9, 2015
A. Chanana, A. Zou, A. Agrawal, P.C. Wayner, Jr., S.C. Maroo, “Contact angle measurement of vapor bubble in pool boiling”, 2015 9th International Conference on Boiling and Condensation Heat Transfer, Boulder, CO, Apr. 26-29, 2015
A. Zou, A. Chanana, A. Agrawal, P.C. Wayner, Jr., S.C. Maroo, “Contact Angle of Vapor Bubble During Nucleate Boiling”, Nunan Research Day Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, Apr. 6, 2015
A. Zou, S.C. Maroo, “Nano/Micro ridges for pool boiling heat transfer enhancement”, ASME 2014 International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, Montreal, Canada, Nov. 14-20, 2014
A. Zou, S.C. Maroo, “A new boiling enhancement mechanism - evaporation of metastable nanoscale film”, New York State’s Center of Excellence for Environmental and Energy Systems (CoE) 2014 Annual Symposium, Syracuse, NY, Oct. 15-16, 2014
A. Zou, S.C. Maroo, “A New Boiling Enhancement Mechanism - Evaporation of Metastable Nanoscale Film”, Nunan Research Day Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, Apr. 3, 2014
A. Zou, S.C. Maroo, “Critical height of nano/micro structures for pool boiling enhancement”, ASME 2013 Summer Heat Transfer Conference, Minneapolis, MN, Jul. 14-19, 2013
A. Zou, S.C. Maroo, “Nanostructure Ridges for Boiling Heat Transfer Enhancement”, Nunan Research Day Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, Apr. 4, 2013 (Department winner of the post competition)
A. Zou, C. Shen, L. Zhao, G. Dai, “Component fractionation and saccharification of corn stover by microwave pretreatment”, 2011 Proceeding of the Symposium of Rural Renewable Energies and Low-Carbon Technologies in China, Zhengzhou, China, Apr. 22, 2011