Browsing Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology by Author "Wen, John Z."
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Hydrodynamic shrinkage of liquid CO2 Taylor drops in a straight microchannel
Qin, Ning; Wen, John Z.; Ren, Carolyn L. (IOP Publishing, 2018-02-12)Hydrodynamic shrinkage of liquid CO2 drops in water under a Taylor flow regime is studied using a straight microchannel (length/width similar to 100). A general form of a mathematical model of the solvent-side mass transfer ... -
Numerical Study on Single Flowing Liquid and Supercritical CO2 Drop in Microchannel: Thin Film, Flow Fields, and Interfacial Profile
Qin, Ning; Feng, Yu; Wen, John Z.; Ren, Carolyn L. (MDPI, 2018-06-01)Taylor segments, as a common feature in two- or multi-phase microflows, are a strong flow pattern candidate for applications when enhanced heat or mass transfer is particularly considered. A thin film that separates these ... -
On nonequilibrium shrinkage of supercritical CO2 droplets in a water-carrier microflow
Qin, Ning; Wen, John Z.; Chen, Baixin; Ren, Carolyn L. (AIP Publishing, 2018-07-16)We report an experimental study on the hydrodynamic shrinkage of supercritical carbon dioxide (scCO(2)) microdroplets during a nonequilibrium process. After scCO(2 )microdroplets are generated by water shearing upon a ... -
Photocatalytic performances of ZnO nanoparticle film and vertically aligned nanorods in chamber-based microfluidic reactors: Reaction kinetics and flow effects
Zhao, Pei; Qin, Ning; Wen, John Z.; Ren, Carolyn L. (Elsevier BV, 2017-07-15)The nanoparticle seed layer (a film) and vertically aligned nanorods of zinc oxide (ZnO) with different lengths were fabricated within a novel chamber-based microfluidic (microchamber) reactor with a varying height of ...