Potential evaluation of hybrid nanofluids for solar thermal energy harvesting: A review of recent advances

G Hu, X Ning, M Hussain, U Sajjad, M Sultan… - Sustainable Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
Solar energy is assumed to provide an everlasting solution to the modern energy crisis since
it is the most abundant source of renewable energy and solar energy harvesting systems do …

Nonreciprocal forces enable cold-to-hot heat transfer between nanoparticles

SAM Loos, S Arabha, A Rajabpour, A Hassanali… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
We study the heat transfer between two nanoparticles held at different temperatures that
interact through nonreciprocal forces, by combining molecular dynamics simulations with …

Time-Resolved Mid-Infrared Photothermal Microscopy for Imaging Water-Embedded Axon Bundles

PD Samolis, X Zhu, MY Sander - Analytical Chemistry, 2023 - ACS Publications
Few experimental tools exist for performing label-free imaging of biological samples in a
water-rich environment due to the high infrared absorption of water, overlap** with major …

Intracellular Aβ42 aggregation leads to cellular thermogenesis

CW Chung, AD Stephens, T Konno… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The aggregation of Aβ42 is a hallmark of Alzheimer's disease. It is still not known what the
biochemical changes are inside a cell which will eventually lead to Aβ42 aggregation …

Study of the effects of particle shape and base fluid type on density of nanofluids using ternary mixture formula: A molecular dynamics simulation

M Abbasi, MM Heyhat, A Rajabpour - Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2020 - Elsevier
Ternary mixture formula with consideration of the effect of nanolayer formation is capable of
predicting nanofluid density more accurately compared with the traditional mixture rule. The …

Interfacial thermal conductance between TiO2 nanoparticle and water: A molecular dynamics study

M Roodbari, M Abbasi, S Arabha, A Gharedaghi… - Journal of Molecular …, 2022 - Elsevier
The interfacial thermal conductance (Kapitza conductance) between a TiO 2 nanoparticle
and water is investigated using transient non-equilibrium molecular dynamics. It is found that …

Microenvironmental engineering: An effective strategy for tailoring enzymatic activities

Y Zhang, H Hess - Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering, 2020 - Elsevier
Rationally, engineering a favorable physicochemical microenvironment for enzymes has
recently emerged as an effective strategy to improve their catalytic performance. In this …

Size-dependent effects of the thermal transport at gold nanoparticle–water interfaces

O Gutiérrez-Varela, S Merabia… - The Journal of Chemical …, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
The transfer of heat from a plasmonic nanoparticle to its water environment has numerous
applications in the fields of solar energy conversion and photothermal therapies. Here, we …

Regulating Interparticle Proximity in Plasmonic Nanosphere Aggregates to Enhance Photoacoustic Response and Photothermal Stability

M Kim, KP Kubelick, AM Yu… - Advanced Functional …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Designing plasmonic nanoparticles for biomedical photoacoustic (PA) imaging involves
tailoring material properties at the nanometer scale. A key in develo** plasmonic PA …

Enhanced interfacial thermal conductance in functionalized boron nitride/polylactic acid nanocomposites: A molecular dynamics study

G Jamirad, A Montazeri, A Rajabpour - Progress in Organic Coatings, 2024 - Elsevier
The relatively low thermal conductivity of biodegradable polylactic acid (PLA) has limited its
applications in various fields. To address this issue, the incorporation of nanofillers, such as …