3 papers
cond-mat.soft2025
Modeling of Water Evaporation in Hydrogels from Aspect of Mechanical Analytics
Zehua Yu, Yongshun Ren, Kang Liu
Water evaporation is critically important for hydrogels in open-air applications, but theoretically modeling is difficult due to the complicated intermolecular interactions and sus…
physics.chem-ph2023
Hydrogel modified evaporation interface for highly stable membrane distillation
Yanni Ma, Zehua Yu, Xifan Fu +5
Surface effect of low-surface-tension contaminants accumulating at the evaporation surface can easily induce membrane wetting in the application of membrane distillation, especiall…
physics.chem-ph2023
Hydrogels enable negative pressure in water for efficient heat utilization and transfer
Yuxi Liu, Zehua Yu, Xiaowei Liu +4
Metastable water in negative pressure can provide giant passive driving pressure up to several megapascals for efficient evaporation-driven flow, however, the practical application…