Journal Articles
Journal Articles
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C. Fang*; I. Woolsey; S. Chakraborty; D.M. Halat; N.P. Balsara*; R. Wang*. Molecular Origin of Negative Lithium Transference in Electrolytes with Star-Shaped Multivalent Anions. Journal of Materials Chemistry A 2026.
S. Wu; Y. Luo; S. Niu; W. Lin; C. Fang*. AI-Informed Solvation Engineering for Thermogalvanic Electrolytes with High Thermopower. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 2025, 16, 12010−12017.
W. Lin; S. Wu; S. Niu; Z. Hu; G. Chen; Z. Liu*; Y. Huang*; C. Fang*. Critical Design Strategy of Thermogalvanic Hydrogels for Low‐Grade Heat Harvesting. Advanced Science 2025, e06038.
J. Im#; C. Fang#; D. M. Halat; S. Chakraborty; D. T. Hickson; I. Woolsey; Q. N. Dao; R. Wang; J. A. Reimer; N. P. Balsara. Solvation governs cation transference in glyme-based lithium battery electrolytes. The Journal of Chemical Physics 2025, 162 (21).
L. Mao; J. Du; Y. Ma; W Li; D. Wang; C. Fang; W.J. Wang; B.G. Li; P. Liu. Confined Growth of 2D Covalent Organic Framework Nanosheets with Controlled Thickness for Osmotic Energy Conversion. Small 2025, e11726.
P. He; J. H. Park; Y. Jiao; R. Ganguli; Y. Huang; A. Lee; C. H. Ahn; M. Wang; Y. Peng; Y. Long; C.M. Chen; Z. Wang; Z. Tian; B. Mi; A.C. Arias; C. Fang*; A. Toor*; L. Lin*. High-voltage water-scarce hydrogel electrolytes enable mechanically safe stretchable Li-ion batteries. Science Advances 2025, 11 (15), eadu3711.
Y. Wang; T. G. Feric; J. Tang; C. Fang; S. T. Hamilton; D. M. Halat; B. Wu; H. Celik; G. Rim; T. DuBridge. Carbon capture in polymer-based electrolytes. Science Advances 2024, 10 (16), eadk2350.
H. Liu; C. Fang; J. Zhao; Q. Zhou; Y. Dong; L. Lin. The detection of acetone in exhaled breath using gas Pre-Concentrator by modified Metal-Organic framework nanoparticles. Chemical Engineering Journal 2024, 498, 155309.
P. He#; Y. Long#; C. Fang#; C. H. Ahn; A. Lee; C.-M. Chen; J. H. Park; M. Wang; S. K. Ghosh; W. Qiu; R. Guo; R. Xu; Z. Shao; Y. Peng; L. Zhang; B. Mi; J. Zhong; L. Lin. Moisture self-regulating ionic skins with ultra-long ambient stability for self-healing energy and sensing systems. Nano Energy 2024, 128, 109858.
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N. J. Shah#; C. Fang#; N. C. Osti; E. Mamontov; X. Yu; J. Lee; H. Watanabe; R. Wang; N. P. Balsara. Nanosecond Solvation Dynamics in a Polymer Electrolyte for Lithium Batteries. Nature Materials 2024, 23, 664–669.
C. Fang; D. Halat; A. Mistry; J. Reimer; N. P. Balsara; R. Wang. Quantifying Selective Solvent Transport under an Electric Field in Mixed-Solvent Electrolytes. Chemical Science 2023, 14, 5332-5339.
C. Fang; S. Chakraborty; Y. Li; J. Lee; N. P. Balsara; R. Wang. Ion solvation cage structure in polymer electrolytes determined by combining x-ray scattering and simulations. ACS Macro Letters 2023, 12 (9), 1244-1250.
S. Wang; L. Chen; Q. Feng; L. Chen; C. Fang; R. Cui. Pore-scale simulation of gas displacement after water flooding using three-phase lattice Boltzmann method. Capillarity 2023, 6 (2), 19-30.
S. Ge; Z. Fan; C. Fang; Z. Huang; J. Sun; J. Wang; Y. Yang; Y. Yang. Contact electrification polarity of polyethylene particles: A morphology‐derived anomalous size dependence. AIChE Journal 2023, e18196.
C. Fang; X. Yu; S. Chakraborty; N. P. Balsara; R. Wang. Molecular origin of high cation transference in mixtures of poly (pentyl malonate) and lithium salt. ACS Macro Letters 2023, 12 (5), 612-618.
C. Fang; A. Mistry; V. Srinivasan; N. P. Balsara; R. Wang. Elucidating the molecular origins of the transference number in battery electrolytes using computer simulations. JACS Au 2023, 3 (2), 306-315.
C. Fang; D. M. Halat; N. P. Balsara; R. Wang. Dynamic heterogeneity of solvent motion and ion transport in concentrated electrolytes. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B 2023, 127 (8), 1803-1810.
D. M. Halat#; C. Fang#; D. Hickson; A. Mistry; J. A. Reimer; N. P. Balsara; R. Wang. Electric-Field-Induced Spatially Dynamic Heterogeneity of Solvent Motion and Cation Transference in Electrolytes. Physical Review Letters 2022, 128 (19), 198002.
K. W. Gao; C. Fang; D. M. Halat; A. Mistry; J. Newman; N. P. Balsara. The Transference Number. Energy & Environmental Materials 2022, 5 (2).
X. Yu; Z. J. Hoffman; J. Lee; C. Fang; L. A. Gido; V. Patel; H. B. Eitouni; R. Wang; N. P. Balsara. A Practical Polymer Electrolyte for Lithium and Sodium Batteries: Poly (pentyl malonate). ACS Energy Letters 2022, 7 (11), 3791–3797.
J. Im; D. M. Halat; C. Fang; D. T. Hickson; R. Wang; N. P. Balsara; J. A. Reimer. Understanding the Solvation Structure of Li-Ion Battery Electrolytes Using DFT-Based Computation and 1H NMR Spectroscopy. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B 2022, 126 (47), 9893–9900.
A. Mistry; Z. Yu; B. L. Peters; C. Fang; R. Wang; L. A. Curtiss; N. P. Balsara; L. Cheng; V. Srinivasan. Toward Bottom-Up Understanding of Transport in Concentrated Battery Electrolytes. ACS Central Science 2022, 8 (7), 880-890.
Z. Zhu; C. Fang; R. Qiao; Y. Coskuner; X. Yin; E. Ozkan. Experimental measurements and mechanisms of selective hindrance of oil mixtures in Niobrara shale. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering 2021, 205, 108867.
D. J. Siegel; L. Nazar; Y.-M. Chiang; C. Fang; N. P. Balsara. Establishing a unified framework for ion solvation and transport in liquid and solid electrolytes. Trends in Chemistry 2021, 3 (10), 807-818.
W. S. Loo#; C. Fang#; N. P. Balsara; R. Wang. Uncovering Local Correlations in Polymer Electrolytes by X-ray Scattering and Molecular Dynamics Simulations. Macromolecules 2021, 54 (14), 6639–6648.
C. Fang; S. Sun; R. Qiao. Dynamics of ion depletion in thin brine films. Fuel 2021, 306, 121758.
C. Fang; W. S. Loo; R. Wang. Salt activity coefficient and chain statistics in poly (ethylene oxide)-based electrolytes. Macromolecules 2021, 54 (6), 2873-2881.
Z. Zhu; C. Fang; R. Qiao; X. Yin; E. Ozkan. Experimental and molecular insights on mitigation of hydrocarbon sieving in Niobrara shale by CO2 huff ‘n’puff. SPE Journal 2020, 25 (04), 1803-1811.
H. Wu; C. Fang; R. Wu; R. Qiao. Drying of porous media by concurrent drainage and evaporation: a pore network modeling study. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 2020, 152, 118718.
D. Moh; C. Fang; X. Yin; R. Qiao. Interfacial CO 2-mediated nanoscale oil transport: from impediment to enhancement. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 2020, 22 (40), 23057-23063.
C. Fang; Y. Yang; S. Sun; R. Qiao. Low salinity effect on the recovery of oil trapped by nanopores: A molecular dynamics study. Fuel 2020, 261, 116443.
C. Fang; S. Sun; R. Qiao. Structure, thermodynamics, and dynamics of thin brine films in oil–brine–rock systems. Langmuir 2019, 35 (32), 10341-10353.
C. Fang; Q. Kang; R. Qiao. The role of disjoining pressure and thermal activation in the invasion of droplets into Nanopores. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 2019, 123 (11), 6905-6912.
F. Zhang; C. Fang; R. Qiao. Effects of water on mica–ionic liquid interfaces. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 2018, 122 (16), 9035-9045.
Z. Yu; C. Fang; J. Huang; B. G. Sumpter; R. Qiao. Solvate ionic liquids at electrified interfaces. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2018, 10 (38), 32151-32161.
Z. Yu; C. Fang; J. Huang; B. G. Sumpter; R. Qiao. Molecular structure and dynamics of interfacial polymerized ionic liquids. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 2018, 122 (39), 22494-22503.
C. Fang; F. Zhang; R. Qiao. Invasion of gas into mica nanopores: a molecular dynamics study. Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 2018, 30 (22), 224001.
C. Fang; X. Wu; F. Yang; R. Qiao. Flow of quasi-two dimensional water in graphene channels. The Journal of Chemical Physics 2018, 148 (6).
C. Fang; H. Wu; S.-Y. Lee; R. L. Mahajan; R. Qiao. The ionized graphene oxide membranes for water-ethanol separation. Carbon 2018, 136, 262-269.
C. Fang; Z. Yu; R. Qiao. Impact of surface ionization on water transport and salt leakage through graphene oxide membranes. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 2017, 121 (24), 13412-13420.
C. Fang; R. Qiao. Surface hydration drives rapid water imbibition into strongly hydrophilic nanopores. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 2017, 19 (31), 20506-20512.
W. L. Xu; C. Fang; F. Zhou; Z. Song; Q. Liu; R. Qiao; M. Yu. Self-assembly: a facile way of forming ultrathin, high-performance graphene oxide membranes for water purification. Nano letters 2017, 17 (5), 2928-2933.