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Indian Institute of Technology Patna

Journal Publications

SN Name of all Authors Paper Title Name of Journal Year, Vol. No. Page
70. Sinha, R., Thakur, A. D., and Raj, R. Investigating Drying Behaviour and Quality of Neem Leaves Using a Novel Biomass Gasification Powered Climate Control Unit with Built-in Humidity Control International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer 2024. (accepted)
69. Azad, R., Sharma, T., Martin, D., Daschakraborty, S., and Raj, R. Unravelling the Surface Activity of Ethanol-Water Mixtures through Experiments and Molecular Dynamics Simulations Langmuir 2024. (accepted)
68. Upadhyay, A., Kumar, B., and Raj, R. Ionic Liquid as a Cosurfactant for Critical Heat Flux Enhancement during Boiling with Aqueous Surfactant Solutions
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2024.122962
Applied Thermal Engineering 2024, 246, pp. 122962: 1-13.
67. Sinha, R., Sunil, Agarwal, A., Thakur, A. D., and Raj, R. Design, Fabrication, and Performance Assessment of a Novel Biomass Gasification-Powered All-Season Climate Control Unit for Perishables
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biombioe.2024.107161
Biomass and Bioenergy 2024, 183, pp. 107161: 1-14.
66. Shukla, A., Sunil, Thakur, A. D., and Raj, R. Experiment and Modeling of an Improvised Atmospheric Water Harvester for Arid and Semi-arid Conditions
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2024.122486
Applied Thermal Engineering 2024, 242, pp. 122486: 1-14.
65. Sunil, Agarwal, A., Thakur, A. D., and Raj, R. Demonstration of Long-Term Cyclic Sorption of Ammonia in Modified Expanded Graphite-Calcium Chloride Composites for Practical Applications
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2023.107206
International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer 2024, 150, pp. 107206: 1-14.
64. Sinha, K. N. R., Kumar, V., Kumar, N., Thakur, A., and Raj, R. Dataset for boiling acoustic emissions: A tool for data driven boiling regime prediction
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2023.109793
Data In Brief 2024, 52, pp. 109793: 1-8.
63. Sharma, T., Erimban, S., Azad, R., Nam, Y., Raj, R., Daschakraborty, S. Investigating the Vapor-Phase Adsorption of Aroma Molecules on Water-Vapor Interface using Molecular Dynamics Simulations
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.3c02531
Langmuir 2023, 39, 49, pp. 17889-17902
62. Upadhyay, A., Hazra, S. K., Assam, A., and Raj, R. Review of the Current Status and the Potential of Machine Learning Tools in Boiling Heat Transfer – Invited Review
https://doi.org/10.1080/10407790.2023.2266770
Numerical Heat Transfer, Part B-Fundamentals 2023, pp. 1-44.
61. Upadhyay, A., Kumar, B., Kumar, N., and Raj, R. Simultaneous Enhancement of Critical Heat Flux and Heat Transfer Coefficient via In-Situ Deposition of Ionic Liquids during Pool Boiling
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2023.124006
International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 2023, 208, pp. 124006: 1-11.
60. Hedau, G., Qadeer, Md., Gulhane, N. P., Raj, R., and Saha, S. K. On the Importance of Fluidic Manifold Design and Orientation on Flow Boiling Instability in Microchannel Heat Sinks
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2023.124120
International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 2023, 209, pp. 124120: 1-19.
59. Chaitanya, B., Gunjan, M. R., Sanagri, R. N., Raj, R., and Thakur, A. D. Per-fluorinated Chemical Free Robust Superhydrophobic Copper Surface Using a Scalable Technique
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matchar.2021.125667
Materials Chemistry and Physics 2022, 278, pp. 125667: 1-10.
58. Hedau, G., Raj, R., and Saha, S. K. Complete Suppression of Flow Boiling Instability in Microchannel Heat Sinks using a Combination of Inlet Restrictor and Flexible Dampener
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2021.121937
International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 2022, 182, pp. 121937: 1-18.
57. Sinha, K. N. R., Kumar, V., Kumar, N., Thakur, A., and Raj, R. Deep Learning the Sound of Boiling for Advance Prediction of Boiling Crisis
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xcrp.2021.100382
Cell Reports Physical Science 2021, 2, pp. 100382: 1-14.
56. Gunjan, M. R., Kumar, A., and Raj, R. Cloaked Droplets on Lubricant-Infused Surfaces: Union of Constant Mean Curvature Interfaces Dictated by Thin-Film Tension
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.0c03560
Langmuir 2021, 37 (22), pp. 6601-6612.
55. Verma, A., Kumar, N., and Raj, R. Direct prediction of foamability of aqueous surfactant solutions using property values
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molliq.2020.114635
Journal of Molecular Liquids 2021, 323, pp. 114635: 1-10.
54. Hedau, G., Raj, R., and Saha, S. K. Effect of Outlet Plenum Design on Flow Boiling Heat Transfer in Microchannel Heat Sinks
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsep.2021.100868
Thermal Science and Engineering Progress 2021, 23, pp. 100868: 1-19.
53. Kumar, A., Gunjan, M. R., and Raj, R. On the Validity of Force Balance Models for Predicting Gravity-Induced Detachment of Pendant Drops and Bubbles
https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0025488
Physics of Fluids 2020, 32(10), pp. 101703: 1-5.
52. Kumar, V., Sinha, K. N. R., and Raj, R. Leidenfrost Phenomenon during Quenching in Aqueous Solutions: Effect of Evaporation-Induced Concentration Gradients
https://doi.org/10.1039/D0SM00622J
Soft Matter 2020, 16, pp. 6145-6154.
51. Gunjan, M. R., Kumar, A., and Raj, R. Droplets on Lubricant-Infused Surfaces: Combination of Constant Mean Curvature Interfaces with Neumann Triangle Boundary Conditions
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.9b03927
Langmuir 2020, 31 (11), pp. 2974-2983.
50. Sarode, A., Raj, R., and Bhargav, A. On the Role of Confinement Plate Wettability on Pool Boiling Heat Transfer
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2020.119723
International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 2020, 156, pp. 119723: 1-12.
49. Kumar, N., Sinha, K. N. R., Raza, M. Q., Verma, A., Seth, D., Jasvanth, V. S., and Raj, R. Design, Fabrication, and Performance Evaluation of a Novel Orientation Independent and Wickless Heat Spreader
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2020.119572
International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 2020, 153, pp. 119572: 1-12.
48. Hedau, G., Dey, P., Raj, R., and Saha, S. K. Experimental and Numerical Investigation of the Effect of Number of Parallel Microchannels on Flow Boiling Heat Transfer
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2020.119973
International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 2020, 158, pp. 119973: 1-18.
47. Ghosh, D. P., Sharma, D., Kumar, A., Saha, S. K., and Raj, R. An Ingenious Fluidic Capacitor for Complete Suppression of Thermal Fluctuations in Two-Phase Microchannel Heat Sinks
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2019.104347
International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer 2020, 110, pp. 104347: 1-8.
46. Kumar, A., Gunjan, M. R., Jakhar, K., Thakur, A., and Raj, R. Unified Framework for Mapping Shape and Stability of Pendant Drops Including the Effect of Contact Angle Hysteresis
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.colsurfa.2020.124619
Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects 2020, 597, pp. 119973: 1-10.
45. Sinha, K. N. R., Ranjan, D., Kumar, N., Raza, M. Q., and Raj, R. Simultaneous Audio-Visual-Thermal Characterization of Transition Boiling Regime
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.expthermflusci.2020.110162
Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science 2020, 118, pp. 110162: 1-12.
44. Rahman, O.S.A., Mukherjee, B., Priyadarshini, S., Gunjan, M. R., Raj, R., Aruna, S. T., and Keshri, A. K. Investigating the Wetting Phenomena and Fabrication of Sticky, Para-hydrophobic Cerium Oxide Coating
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2020.06.028
Journal of the European Ceramic Society 2020, 40, pp. 5749-5757.
43. Hedau, G., Dey, P., Raj, R., and Saha, S.K. Combined Effect of Inlet Restrictor and Nanostructure on Two-Phase Flow Performance of Parallel Microchannel Heat Sinks
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijthermalsci.2020.106339
International Journal of Thermal Sciences 2020, 153, pp. 106339: 1-16.
42. Sarode, A., Raj, R., and Bhargav, A. Scalable Macroscale Wettability Patterns for Pool Boiling Heat Transfer Enhancement
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00231-019-02783-y
Heat and Mass Transfer 2020, 56, pp. 989-1000.
41. Sachi, S., Zaitsev, D. V., and Raj, R. Effect of Ionic Liquid Additives on Temperature and Pressure Fluctuations during Water Flow Boiling in Microchannels
https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/1677/1/012093
Journal of Physics: Conf. Ser. 2020, 1677, pp. 012093.
40. Sarode, A., Raj, R. , and Bhargav, A. Effect of Confinement and Heater Surface Inclination on Pool Boiling Performance of Patterned Wettability Surfaces
https://doi.org/10.1615/JEnhHeatTransf.202003382
Journal of Enhanced Heat Transfer 2020, 27 (8), pp. 711-727.
39. Kumar, N., Raza, M. Q., Sinha, K. N. R., Seth, D., and Raj, R. Amphiphilic Additives to Enhance Pool Boiling Heat Transfer in Confined Spaces
https://doi.org/10.1615/JEnhHeatTransf.2020034432
Journal of Enhanced Heat Transfer 2020, 27 (6), pp. 545-560.
38. Sunil, Sinha, R., Chaitanya, B., Rajan, B. K., Agarwal, A., Thakur, A. D., and Raj, R. Design, Fabrication, and Performance Evaluation of a Novel Biomass-Gasification-Based Hot Water Generation System
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2018.09.183
Energy 2019, 185, pp. 148-157.
37. Raza, M. Q., Kumar, N., and Raj, R. Effect of Foamability on Pool Boiling Critical Heat Flux with Nanofluids
https://doi.org/10.1039/C8SM02565G
Soft Matter 2019, 15, pp. 5308-5318.
36. Sinha, K. N. R., Ranjan, D., Raza, M. Q., Kumar, N., Kaner, S., Thakur, A., and Raj, R. In-situ acoustic detection of critical heat flux for controlling thermal runaway in boiling systems
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2019.04.029
International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 2019, 138, pp. 135-143.
35. Sharma, D. Ghosh, D. P., Saha, S. K., and Raj, R. Thermohydraulic Characterization of Flow Boiling in Nanostructured Microchannel Heat Sink with Vapor Venting Manifold
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2018.1.005
International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 2019, 130, pp. 1249-1259.
34. Kumar, N., Raza, M. Q., Seth, D., and Raj, R. Surface-Active Ionic Liquids as Potential Additive for Pool Boiling Based Energy Systems
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molliq.2019.110953
Journal of Molecular Liquids 2019, 287, pp. 110953: 1-12.
33. Raza, M. Q., Kumar, N., and Raj, R. Experimental Characterization and Modeling of Critical Heat Flux with Subcooled Foaming Solution
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijthermalsci.2019.03.007
International Journal of Thermal Sciences 2019, 141, pp. 199-210.
32. Ghosh, D. P., Sharma, D., Mohanty, D., Saha, S. K., and Raj, R. Facile Fabrication of Nanostructured Microchannels for Flow Boiling Heat Transfer Enhancement
https://doi.org/10.1080/01457632.2018.1436399
Heat Transfer Engineering 2019, 40 (7), pp. 537-548.
31. Chaitanya, B. Bahadur, V., Thakur, A. D., Raj, R. Biomass-gasification-based atmospheric water harvesting in India
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2018.09.183
Energy 2018, 165, pp. 610-621.
30. Raza, M. Q., Kumar, N., and Raj, R. Wettability-Independent Critical heat Flux during Boiling Crisis in Foaming Solutions
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2018.0.5062
International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 2018, 126 (A), pp. 567-579.
29. Kumar, N., Raza, Md. Q., Raj, R. Aqueous Ionic Liquid Solutions for Boiling Heat Transfer Enhancement in the Absence of Buoyancy Induced Bubble Departure
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2018.1.101
International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 2018, 122, pp. 354-363.
28. Kumar, N., Raza, Md. Q., Raj, R. Surfactant Aided Bubble Departure during Pool Boiling
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijthermalsci.2018.05.025
International Journal of Thermal Sciences 2018, 131, pp. 105-113.
27. Adera, S., Antao, D. S., Raj, R., and Wang, E. N. Hotspot Thermal Management via Thin-Film Evaporation - Part II: Modeling
https://doi.org/10.1109/TCPMT.2017.2757461
IEEE Transactions on Components, Packaging and Manufacturing Technology 2018, 8 (1), pp. 99-112.
26. Adera, S., Antao, D. S., Raj, R., and Wang, E. N. Hotspot Thermal Management via Thin-Film Evaporation - Part I: Experimental Characterization
https://doi.org/10.1109/TCPMT.2017.2757463
IEEE Transactions on Components, Packaging and Manufacturing Technology 2018, 8 (1), pp. 88-98.
25. Gunjan, M. R., and Raj, R. Dynamic Roughness Ratio Based Framework for Modeling Mixed Mode of Droplet Evaporation
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.7b01653
Langmuir 2017, 33 (28), pp. 7191-7201.
24. Jakhar, K., Chattopadhyay, A., Thakur, A., and Raj, R. Spline Based Shape Prediction and Analysis of Uniformly Rotating Sessile and Pendant Droplets
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.7b00811
Langmuir 2017, 33 (22), pp. 5603-5612.
23. Kumar, A., and Raj, R. Droplets on Microdecorated Surfaces: Evolution of the Polygonal Contact Line
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.7b00559
Langmuir 2017, 33 (19), pp. 4854-4862.
22. Raza, M. Q., Kumar, N., and Raj, R. Surfactants for Bubble Removal against Buoyancy
https://doi.org/10.1038/srep19113
Scientific Reports 2016, 6, 19113
21. Adera, S., Antao, D. S., Raj, R., and Wang, E. N. Design of micropillar wicks for thin-film evaporation
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2016.0.4107
International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 2016, 101, pp. 280–294
20. Antao, D. S., Adera, S., Zhu, Y., Farias, E., Raj, R., and Wang, E. N. Dynamic Evolution of the Evaporating Liquid-Vapor Interface in Micropillar Arrays
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.5b03916
Langmuir 2016, 32 (2), pp. 519-526.
19. Antao, D. S., Adera, S., Zhu, Y., Farias, E., Raj, R., and Wang, E. N. Visualization of Evaporating Liquid-Vapor Interface in Micropillar Arrays
https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4032254
Journal of Heat Transfer – Transactions of ASME 2016, 138 (2), pp. 029010.
18. Raj, R., Adera, S., Enright, R., and Wang, E. N. High Resolution Liquid Patterns via Three-Dimensional Droplet Shape Control
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms5975
Nature Communications 2014, 5, 4975
17. Humplik, T., Raj, R., Maroo, S. C., Laoui, T., and Wang, E. N. Effect of Hydrophilic Defects on Water Transport in MFI Zeolites
https://doi.org/10.1021/la500939t
Langmuir 2014, 30 (22), pp. 6446-6453.
16. Humplik, T., Raj, R., Maroo, S. C., Laoui, T., and Wang, E. N. Framework Water Capacity and Infiltration Pressure of MFI Zeolites
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.micromeso.2014.01.026
Microporous and Mesoporous Materials 2014, 190, pp. 84-91.
15. Raj, R., Adera, S., Enright, R., and Wang, E. N. Polygonal Droplets on Microdecorated Surfaces
http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/1.4027521
Journal of Heat Transfer – Transactions of ASME 2014, 136 (8), pp. 080906.
14. Adera, S., Raj, R., Enright, R., and Wang, E. N. Non-wetting Droplets on Hot Superhydrophilic Surface
doi:10.1038/ncomms3518
Nature Communications 2013, 4, 2518.
13. Raj, R., Maroo, S. C., and Wang, E. N. Wettability of Graphene
https://doi.org/10.1021/nl304647t
Nano Letters 2013, 13 (4), pp. 1509-1515.
12. Raj, R., Enright, R., Zhu, Y., Adera, S., and Wang, E. N. Unified Model for Contact Angle Hysteresis on Heterogeneous and Superhydrophobic Surfaces
https://doi.org/10.1021/la303070s
Langmuir 2012, 28 (45), pp. 15777-15788.
11. Raj, R., Kim, J., and McQuillen, J. Pool Boiling Heat Transfer on the International Space Station: Experimental Results and Model Verification
https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4006846
Journal of Heat Transfer – Transactions of ASME 2012, 134 (10), 101504-1 – 101504-14
10. Kim, J., Raj, R., and McQuillen, J. Gravity Scaling of Pool Boiling Heat Transfer
http://www.jasma.info/journal/wp-content/uploads/past/assets/journal/29-2/2012_p092.pdf
Journal of the Japan Society of Microgravity Application 2012, 29 (2), pp. 92-98.
09. Raj, R., Kunkelmann, C., Stephan, P., Plawsky, P., and Kim, J. Contact Line Behavior for Highly Wetting Fluid under Superheated Conditions
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2011.12.026
International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 2012, 55 (9-10), pp. 2664-2675
08. Raj, R., Kim, J., and McQuillen, J. On the Scaling of Pool Boiling Heat Flux with Gravity and Heater Size
https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4004370
Journal of Heat Transfer – Transactions of ASME 2012, 134 (1), pp. 011502-1 – 011502-13
07. Di Marco, P., Raj, R., and Kim, J. Boiling in Variable Gravity under the Action of Electric Field: Results of Parabolic Flight Experiments
https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/327/1/012039
Journal of Physics: Conf. Ser. 2011, 327, 012039.
06. Raj, R., Kim, J., and McQuillen, J. Gravity Scaling Parameter for Pool Boiling Heat Transfer
https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4001632
Journal of Heat Transfer –Transactions of ASME 2010, 132(9), pp. 091502-1 -091502-9.
05. Raj, R., and Kim, J. Heater Size and Gravity Based Pool Boiling Regime Map: Transition Criteria between Buoyancy and Surface Tension Dominated Boiling
doi:10.1115/1.4001635
Journal of Heat Transfer – Transactions of ASME 2010, 132(9), pp. 091503-1 - 091503-10.
04. Raj, R., Kim, J., and McQuillen, J. Subcooled Pool Boiling in Variable Gravity Environments
doi:10.1115/1.3122782
Journal of Heat Transfer – Transactions of ASME 2009, 131, pp. 091502-1 - 091502-10.
03. Raj, R., and Kim, J. Thermocapillary Convection during Subcooled Boiling in Reduced Gravity Environments
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2008.04327.x
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 2008, 1161, pp. 173-181.
02. Parida, P. R., Raj, R., Prasad, A., and Mishra, S. C. Solidification of a Semitransparent Planar Layer subjected to radiative and convective cooling
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jqsrt.2007.02.004
Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer 2007, 107, pp. 226-235.
01. Raj, R., Prasad, A., Parida, P. R., and Mishra, S. C. Analysis of solidification of a semitransparent planar layer using the lattice Boltzmann method and the discrete transfer method
https://doi.org/10.1080/10407780500539828
Numerical Heat Transfer Part A: Applications 2006. 49, pp. 1-21.