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Comparative molecular dynamics simulations of thermal conductivities of aqueous and hydrocarbon nanofluids
Loya, Adil; Ren, Guogang; Najib, Antash; Aziz, Fahad; Khan, Asif; Luo, Kun (2022-07-07)The addition of metal oxide nanoparticles to fluids has been used as a means of enhancing the thermal conductive properties of base fluids. This method formulates a heterogeneous fluid conferred by nanoparticles and can ... -
Determination of Cu2+ ions release rate from antimicrobial copper bearing stainless steel by joint analysis using ICP-OES and XPS
Ren, Ling; Chong, J.; Loya, Adil; Kang, Q.; Stair, Jacqueline; Nan, L.; Ren, Guogang (2015-08-30)Antibacterial Cu bearing stainless steels (CuSS) have been developed recently and their performance has attracted significant attention widely in biomedical, healthcare and environmental facilities in cross-disciplines. ... -
Large Scale Dynamic Molecular Modelling of Metal Oxide Nanoparticles in Engineering and Biological Fluids
Loya, Adil (University of Hertfordshire, 2015-01-22)Nanoparticles (NP) offer great merits over controlling thermal, chemical and physical properties when compared to their micro-sized counterparts. The effectiveness of the dispersion of the NP is the key aspect of the ... -
A molecular dynamic investigation of viscosity and diffusion coefficient of nanoclusters in hydrocarbon fluids
Loya, Adil; Stair, Jacqueline L.; Jafri, Ali R.; Yang, Ke; Ren, Guogang (2015-03)Straight chain alkanes modified by metal oxide nanoclusters have gained wide recognition in applications in tribology, energy and thermal storage. This paper investigates the system’s rheological properties and diffusion ... -
Molecular dynamics simulation on surface modification of quantum scaled CuO nano-clusters to support their experimental studies
Loya, Adil; Stair, Jacqueline; Uddin, Farid; Ren, Guogang (2022-10-05)Interest in nanoparticle modification using functional chemicals has increased rapidly, as it allows more freedom of physiochemical tuning of the nanoparticle’s surface into biomedically oriented and designated properties. ... -
Molecular dynamics simulation study of rheological properties of CuO–water nanofluid
Loya, Adil; Ren, Guogang (2015-06-01)Nanoparticle (NP) dispersion in engineering fluids holds significant characteristics that impact the quality and performance of liquid fluidic systems, like in biomedical fluids, contaminated water system, heat and energy ... -
The preparation and tribological properties of surface modified zinc borate ultrafine powder as a lubricant additive in liquid paraffin
Zhao, Chuanli; Chen, Yong; Jiao, Yang; Loya, Adil; Ren, Guogang (2014-02-01)This paper investigates the effects of surface modification of zinc borate ultrafine powders (ZB UFPs) on their tribological properties as lubricant additives in liquid paraffin (LP). ZB UFPs were successfully modified by ... -
Simulation and experimental study of rheological properties of CeO2 – water nanofluid
Loya, Adil; Stair, Jacqueline; Ren, Guogang (2015-03)Metal oxide nanoparticles offer great merits over controlling rheological, thermal, chemical and physical properties of solutions. The effectiveness of a nanoparticle to modify the properties of a fluid depends on its ...