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Journal Publications

  1. Inbaoli Arivalagan, Saumyadwip Bandyopadhyay, Ming-Chang Lu*, Pool boiling on engineered silicon surfaces: From fundamental mechanisms to immersion cooling of high-power electronics, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 244, Part A, 117421, 2027. (SCI IF 18.0)

  2. Yan-Hung Fang (方彥閎), Yi-La Luu (魯以樂), Ming-Chang Lu(呂明璋)* and Jing-Tang Yang (楊鏡堂)*, Analysis of Turning Dynamics and Aerodynamic Performance in Butterfly Free Flight, Physics of Fluids, 38, 061910, 2026. (SCI IF 4.3)

  3. Saumyadwip Bandyopadhyaya, Shun-Kai Fan, Ming-Chang Lu*, Simultaneous enhancement of critical heat flux and heat transfer coefficient using Millimeter-scale hybrid wettability pillar arrays, Applied Thermal Engineering, 301, 131609, 2026. (SCI IF 6.9)https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2026.131609.

  4. Kuang-Yu Chen, Ruay-Hong Wu, Wei-Tsu Peng, Wei-Tsung Chung*, and Ming-Chang Lu*, Thermal Transport in Single Poly(ethylene oxide) Nanofibers, Macromolecules, 2026. (SCI IF 5.2)https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.5c03527

  5. Rakesh A, Inbaoli A, Sujith Kumar C S*, Ming-Chang Lu, A parametric analysis of electrolytic pool boiling under static and dynamic electric fieldsApplied Thermal Engineering,131112, 2026. (SCI IF 6.9)

  6. Inbaoli A, Sujith Kumar C S*, Ming-Chang Lu*, Transient pool boiling of water on copper tubes: An experimental analysis of transient heating, boiling hysteresis and surface wettability,International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 253, 127629, 2025. (SCI IF 5.8)

  7. Saumyadwip Bandyopadhyaya, Qi-Jun Chen, Ming-Chang Lu*, Single Re-entrant micropillar arrays for enhanced pool boiling performance, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 252, 127473, 2025. (SCI IF 5.8)https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2025.127473

  8. Ting-Yu Hsu, Hung-Chih Chen, Chung-Te Huang, Chuanhua Duan*, Ming-Chang Lu*, Droplets Impacting on Superheated Surfaces with Asymmetric Re-Entrant Microgrooves, Small Methods, 2500008, 2025. (SCI IF 10.7)https://doi.org/10.1002/smtd.202500008.

  9. Chung-Te Hunag, Liangwei Zheng, Yiding Zhong, Jörg Wener, Ming-Chang Lu*, Chuanhua Duan*, Enhancing Hydrogen Evolution Reaction through Coalescence-Induced Bubble Departure on Patterned Gold-Silicon Microstrip Surfaces, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 17, 7109-7118, 2025. (SCI IF 8.5)DOI:10.1021/acsami.4c18255.

  10. Wei-Tsu Peng, Jiun-Hung Yi, Chih-Cheng Cheng, Kuan-Ju Yu, Tien-Kan Chung*, Ming-Chang Lu*, Significant Magnon Contribution to Heat Transfer in Nickel Nanowires, Materials Today Physics, 49, 101585, 2024. (SCI IF 10.0)DOI:10.1016/j.mtphys.2024.101585.

  11. Ching-Wen Lo*, Yu-Hsiang Chen, and Ming-Chang Lu*, Sustained Condensation Efficiency on 3D Hybrid Surfaces, Small Structures,2400406, 2024, DOI:10.1002/sstr.202400406. (SCI IF 13.9)

  12. Po-Yen Huang, Tzu-Kan Hsiao, Jiun-Hung Yi, Bo-Yi Chen, Yu-Cheng Chiu, I-Ling Chang, Tien-Kan Chung, Ming-Chang Lu*, and Chih-Wei Chang*, A three-probe method for accurate nanoscale thermal transport measurements, Applied Physics Letters,124, 182201, 2024. (SCI IF 3.5)

  13. Chung-Te Huang, Wen-Shin Chan, Qi-Jun Chen, Wei-Lun Hsu, and Ming-Chang Lu*, Enhanced Boiling Heat Transfer on Three-Dimensional Hybrid Micropillar Array Surfaces,International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 220, 125011, 2024. (SCI IF 5.8)

  14. Ding-Jun Huang, Wei-Tsu Peng, Yen-Ta Lee, Ming-Chang Lu*, Reduced Graphene Oxide Films for Reducing Hotspot Temperatures of Electronic Devices, International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, 136, 106193, 2022. (SCI IF 7.0)

  15. Kai Chen, Feng-Ju Chung, Yen-Ling Lin, Yen-Ta Lee, María del Rocío Rodríguez-Laguna, Arumugam Manikandan, Ming-Chang Lu,* and Yu-Lun Chueh*, Metal- and Alloy-Based Core−Shell Particles in Nitrate Senary Salt with Low Thermal Hysteresis for Solar Thermal Energy Storage, ACS Applied Energy Materials, 5, 2697-2705, 2022. (SCI IF 6.4)

  16. Chung-Te Huang, Ching-Wen Lo, and Ming-Chang Lu*, Reducing Contact Time of Droplets Impacting Superheated Hydrophobic Surfaces,SMALL, 18, 2106704, 2022.(SCI IF: 13.0)(Featured byMaterialsViews)

  17. Wei-Tsu Peng, Fu-Ren Chen, and Ming-Chang Lu*, Thermal Conductivity and Electrical Resistivity of Single Copper Nanowires, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 23, 20359-20364, 2021. (SCI IF: 2.9)

  18. Chung-Te Huang, Meng-Shiue Lee, Ching-Wen Lo, Wensyang Hsu, and Ming-Chang Lu*, Wide Temperature Antifouling Characteristic of a Double Re-Entrant Pillar Array Surface, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 175, 121178, 2021. (SCI IF: 5.8)

  19. Ching-Wen Lo, Jia-Xiong Li, and Ming-Chang Lu*, Frosting and Defrosting on the Hydrophilic Nylon-6 Nanofiber Membrane–Coated Surfaces, Applied Thermal Engineering, 184, 116300, 2021. (SCI IF: 6.1)

  20. Hsin-Che Chien, Wei-Tsu Peng, Te-Hsuan Chiu, Pei-Hsiu Wu, Yueh-Ju Liu, Cheng-Wei Tu, Chien-Lung Wang*, and Ming-Chang Lu*, Heat Transfer of Semicrystalline Nylon Nanofibers, ACS Nano,14, 2939-2946, 2020. (SCI IF:15.8)

  21. Venkataraman Sahoo, Ching-Wen Lo, and Ming-Chang Lu*, Leidenfrost suppression and contact time reduction of a drop impacting on silicon nanowire array-coated surfaces, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 148, 118980, 2020.(SCI IF: 5.8)

  22. Ching-Wen Lo, Yu-Cheng Chu, Ming-Han Yen, and Ming-Chang Lu*, Enhancing Condensation Heat Transfer on Three-Dimensional Hybrid Surfaces, Joule, 3, 2806-2823, 2019. (SCI IF: 38.6) (Featured byX-MOL)

  23. Mohammed Amer, Miao-Ru Chen, Uzair Sajjad, Hafiz Muhammad Ali, Naseem Abbas, Ming-Chang Lu, Chi-Chuan Wang, Experiments for suitabliity of plastic heat exchangers for dehumidification applications, Applied Thermal Engineering, 158, 113827, 2019. (SCI IF: 6.1)

  24. Maria del Rocio Rodríguez-Laguna*, Pedro Gómez-Romero*, Clivia M. Sotomayor Torres, Ming-Chang Lu, and Emigdio Chávez-Ángel*, Development of low-melting point molten salts and detection of solid-to-liquid transitions by alternative techniques to DSC, Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 202, 110107, 2019. (SCI IF: 6.3)

  25. Yinxiao Li, Haown Chen, Siyang Xiao, Mohammad Amin Alibakhshi, Ching-Wen Lo, Ming-Chang Lu, and Chuanhua Duan*, Ultrafast Diameter-Dependent Water Evaporation from Nanopores, ACS Nano, 13, pp. 3363-3372, 2019.(SCI IF: 15.8)

  26. Venkataraman Sahoo, Chu-Yao Chou, Ching-Wen Lo and Ming-Chang Lu*, Elongated Bouncing and Reduced Contact Time of a Drop in the Janus State, Langmuir, 34, pp. 10874-10879, 2018 (SCI IF: 3.7)

  27. Ting-Heng Hsu, Chieh-Hsuan Chung, Feng-Ju Chung, Chun-Che Chang, Ming-Chang Lu* and Yu-Lun Chueh*, Thermal Hysteresis in Phase-Change Materials: Encapsulated Metal Alloy Core-shell Microparticles, Nano Energy, 51, pp. 563-570, 2018. (SCI IF:16.8)

  28. Yi Liu, Ming-Chagn Lu*, and Dongyan Xu*, The suppression effect of easy-to-activate nucleation sites on the critical heat flux in pool boiling, International Journal of Thermal Science, 129, pp. 231-237, 2018. (SCI IF: 4.9)

  29. Ya-Tzu Hsu, Jia-Xiong Li, and Ming-Chang Lu*, Enhanced Immersion Cooling Using Two-Tier Micro- and Nano-Structures,Applied Thermal Engineering, 131, pp. 864-873, 2018. (SCI IF: 6.1)

  30. Ming-Chang Lu*, Chien-Chang Lin, Ching-Wen Lo, Cheng-Wei Huang, and Chi-Chuan Wang, Superhydrophobic Si Nanowires for Enhanced Condensation Heat Transfer, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 111, pp. 614-623, 2017. (SCI IF: 5.8)

  31. Ching-Wen Lo, Venkataraman Sahoo and Ming-Chang Lu*, Control of Ice Formation, ACS Nano, 11, pp. 2665-2674, 2017. (SCI IF : 15.8) (Featured by X-MOLNanowerkand Phys.org)

  32. Yinxiao Li, Ke Zhang, Ming-Chang Lu, and Chuanhua Duan*, Single Bubble Dynamics on Superheated Superhydrophobic Surfaces, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 99, pp. 521-531, 2016. (SCI IF: 5.8)

  33. Chih-Chung Lai, Shih-Ming Lin, Yuan-Da Chu, Chun-Che Chang, Yu-Lun Chueh*, and Ming-Chang Lu*,
    Tunable Endothermic Plateau for Enhancing Thermal Energy Storage Obtained Using Binary Metal Alloy Particles, Nano Energy, 25, pp. 218-224, 2016. (SCIIF : 16.8)

  34. Abdoul Karim Sekone, Yu-Bin Chen, Ming-Chang Lu, Wen-Kai Chen, Chia-An Liu and Ming-Tsang Lee*,
    Silicon Nanowires for Solar Thermal Energy Harvesting: an Experimental Evaluation on the Trade-off Effects of the Spectral Optical Properties, Nanoscale Research Letters, 11, pp. 1-8, 2016. (SCIEIF: 5.5)

  35. Ming-Chang Lu*, Chih-Hung Huang, Chung-Te Huang, Yu-Chi Chen, A Modified Hydrodynamic Model for Pool Boiling CHF Considering the Effects of Heater Size and Nucleation Site Density, International Journal of Thermal Sciences, 91, pp. 133-141, 2015. (SCIIF:4.9)

  36. Ching-Wen Lo, Chi-Chuan Wang and Ming-Chang Lu*, Scale Effect on Dropwise Condensation on Superhydrophobic Surfaces, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 6, 16, pp. 14353–14359, 2014. (SCIIF: 8.5)

  37. Chih-Chung Lai, Wen-Chih Chang, Wen-Liang Hu, Zhiming M. Wang, Ming-Chang Lu, and Yu-Lun Chueh, Solar-Thermal Energy harvesting Scheme: Enhanced Heat Capacity of Molten HITEC Salt Mixed with Sn/SiOx Core-shell Nanoparticles, Nanoscale, 6, 9, pp. 4555-4559, 2014. (SCIIF: 5.8)

  38. Ching-Wen Lo, Chi-Chuan Wang and Ming-Chang Lu, Spatial Control of Heterogeneous Nucleation on the Superhydrophobic Nanowire Array, Advanced Functional Materials, 24, 9, pp. 1211-1217, 2014.(SCIIF: 18.5)

  39. Ming-Chang Lu, Jing-Rei Tong and Chi-Chuan Wang, Investigation of The Two-phase Convective Boiling of HFO-1234yf in a 3.9 mm Diameter Tube, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 65, pp. 545-551, 2013. (SCI IF: 5.8)

  40. Ming-Chang Lu, and Chien-Hsun Huang, Specific Heat Capacity of Molten-salt based Alumina Nanofluid, Nanoscale Research Letters, 8, pp. 292-299, 2013. (SCI IF: 5.5)

  41. Hung, Shih-Wei, Hsiao, Pai-Yi, Lu, Ming-Chang, Chieng, Ching-Chang, Thermodynamic Investigations Using Molecular Dynamics Simulations with Potential of Mean Force Calculations for Cardiotoxin Protein Adsorption on Mixed Sellf-Assembled Monolayers, Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 116, 42, pp. 12661-12668, 2012. (SCIIF: 2.8)

  42. Chuanhua Duan, Rohit Karnik,Ming-Chang Lu and Arun Majumdar, Evaporation Induced Cavitation in Nanofluidic Channels, Proceedings of the National Academy Sciences, 109, 10, pp. 3688-3693, 2012. (SCIIF: 12.779)

  43. Dušan Ćoso, Vinod Srinivasan, Ming-Chang Lu , Je-Young Chang and Arun Majumdar, Enhanced Heat Trnasfer in Biporous Wicks in the Thin Liquid Film Evaporation and Boiling Regimes, Journal of Heat Transfer, 134, 10, pp. 10501-1~10501-11, 2012. (SCIIF: 2.8)

  44. Ming-Chang Lu, Renkun Chen, Vinod Srinivasan, Van P. Carey and Arun Majumdar, Critical Heat Flux of Pool Boiling on Si Nanowire Array-Coated Surfaces, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer,54, 25, pp. 5359-5367, 2011. (SCI IF: 5.8)

  45. Renkun Chen, Ming-Chang Lu, Vinod Srinivasan, Zhijie Wang, Hyung Hee Cho and Arun Majumdar, Nanowires for Enhanced Boiling Heat Transfer, Nano Letters, 9, pp. 548-553, 2009. (SCIIF: 9.6)

  46. Kuo-Liang Teng, Pai-Yi Hsiao, Shih-Wei Hung, Ching-Chang Chieng, Ming-Shen Liu, and Ming-Chang Lu, Enhanced Thermal Conductivity of Nanofluids Diagnosis by Molecular Dynamics Simulations, Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 8, pp. 3710-3718, 2008. (SCIIF: 1.134)

  47. Ming-Chang Lu, Srinath Satyanarayana, Rohit Karnik, Arun Majumdar, and Chi-Chuang Wang, A Mechanical-Electrokinetic Battery Using a Nano-porous Membrane, Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, 16, pp. 667-675, 2006. (SCIIF: 2.4)

  48. Ming-Chang Lu and Chi-Chuan Wang, Effect of the Inlet Location on the Performance of Parallel-channel Cold-plate, IEEE Transactions on Components Packaging and Manufacturing Technology, 29, pp. 30-38, 2006. (SCIIF: 2.3)

  49. Yung-Chiang Chung*, Yuh-Lih Hsu, Chun-Ping Jen, Ming-Chang Lu, and Yu-Cheng Lin, Design of Passive Mixers Utilizing Microfluidic Self-Circulation in the Mixing Chamber, Lab on a Chip, 4, pp. 70-77, 2004. (SCIIF: 6.1)

  50. Shigeo Maruyama, Tatsuto Kimura and Ming-Chang Lu, Molecular Scale Aspects of Liquid Contact on a Solid Surface, Thermal Science and Engineering, 10, pp. 23-29, 2002. (Published by the Japan Heat Transfer Society)

  51. F. G. Tseng, I. D. Yang, K. H. Lin, K. T. Ma, M.-C. Lu, and C. C. Chieng, Fluid Filling into Microfabricated Reservoirs, Sensors and Actuators A-Physical, 97, pp.131-138, 2002. (SCIIF: 4.1)

Patents

  1. Liquid-cooling patent, Republic of China (Taiwan), TWI927784B, 2026/06–2045/06. Inventors: Yogesh Shantaram Fulpagare, Saumyadwip Bandyopadhyay, and Ming-Chang Lu. Assignees: Cooler Master Co., Ltd. and National Taiwan University.

  2. 呂明璋、羅景文, 以微溝槽結構來控制霜成核的位置之用途與其方法, TW patent No. I632107, 2017.

  3. Yu-Lun Chueh, Ming-Chang Lu, Chih-Chung Lai, Wen-Chih Chang, Wen-Liang Hu, Manufacturing Method of Metal Nano-particles, TW patent No. I561780, 2016.

  4. M.-C. Lu, Electro-kinetic Pump by Using Nano-porous Membrane, TW patent No. I299609, 2008.

  5. M.-C. Lu, S. B. Chiang, A Method of the LED Module in Thermal Management, TW patent No. M263627, 2005.

  6. M.-C. Lu, M. S. Liu, C. C. Wang, A Micro Pump using the Magnetic Fluid or Magnetorheology Fluid, TW patent No. I228101, 2005.

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