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Disjoining Pressure Driven Transpiration of Water in a Simulated Tree
Sajag Poudel, An Zou, Shalabh C. Maroo
We present an investigation of transpiration of water in a 100 m tall tree using continuum simulations. Disjoining pressure is found to induce absolute negative pressures as high a…
Implementation of Near-Surface Disjoining Pressure Effect in Continuum Simulations
Sajag Poudel, An Zou, Shalabh C. Maroo
An expression of disjoining pressure in a water film, as a function of distance from the surface, is developed from prior experimental findings. The expression is implemented in co…
Thermal Management of Photovoltaics using Porous Nanochannels
Sajag Poudel, An Zou, Shalabh C. Maroo
The photoelectric conversion efficiency of a solar cell is dependent on its temperature. When the solar radiation is incident on the photovoltaics (PV) panel, a large portion of it…
Nano-Confinement Effects on Liquid Pressure
An Zou, Shalabh C. Maroo
In this work, molecular dynamics simulations are performed to estimate the equilibrium pressure of liquid confined in nanopores. The simulations show that the pressure is highly se…