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Lu Zhu and Li Xi*, “Direct transition to elastoinertial turbulence from a linear instability in channel flow”, submitted.
- E-print: arXiv:2211.09366.
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Li Xi*, “Multistage transitions in viscoelastic turbulent flow: vortex structures and self-sustaining mechanisms”, Science Talks, 3, 100043 (2022).
- V.O.R.: doi:10.1016/j.sctalk.2022.100043.
- Part of the Special Issue of the “JNNFM Complex Fluids Seminar Series”.
Alexander McKay, Debanjan Ghosh, Lu Zhu, Li Xi, and Prashant Mhaskar*, “A novel linear hybrid model predictive control design: Application to a fed batch crystallization process”, Digital Chemical Engineering, 3, 100033(2022).
- V.O.R.: doi:10.1016/j.dche.2022.100033.
- Part of the Special Issue of “Modeling, Control and Monitoring of Process Systems in the Era of Big Data”.
Oluseye Adeyemi, Shiping Zhu, and Li Xi*, “Equilibrium and non-equilibrium molecular dynamics approachesfor the linear viscoelasticity of polymer melts”, Physics of Fluids, 34, 053107 (2022).
- V.O.R.: doi:10.1063/5.0090540.
- E-prints: handle:11375/27551; arXiv:2203.03752.
Selected as a Featured Article.
Dongyang Li, Kushal Panchal, Naveen Kumar Vasudevan, Roozbeh Mafi, and Li Xi*, “Effects of molecular design parameters on plasticizer performance in poly(vinyl chloride): A comprehensive molecular simulation study”, Chemical Engineering Science, 249, 117334 (2022).
- V.O.R.: doi:10.1016/j.ces.2021.117334 (author share).
- E-prints: handle:11375/27243; doi:10.33774/chemrxiv-2021-4j8z6.
Hong Li, Guanlun Sun, Dongyang Li, Li Xi*, Peng Zhou, Xingang Li, Ji Zhang, and Xin Gao*, “Molecular interaction mechanism in the separation of a binary azeotropic system by extractive distillation with ionic liquid”, Green Energy & Environment, 6(3), 329-338 (2021).
- V.O.R.: doi:10.1016/j.gee.2020.11.025.
- E-prints: handle:11375/26648.
Oluseye Adeyemi, Shiping Zhu, and Li Xi*, “Dynamics and stress relaxation of bidisperse polymer melts with unentangled and moderately entangled chains”, Physics of Fluids, 33(6), 063105 (2021).
- V.O.R.: doi:10.1063/5.0053790.
- E-prints: handle:11375/26645; arXiv:2104.05020.
- Selected as a Featured Article.
- Part of the Special Topic of “Celebration of Robert Byron Bird (1924-2020)”.
Lu Zhu and Li Xi*, “Nonasymptotic elastoinertial turbulence for asymptotic drag reduction”, Physical Review Fluids, 6, 014601 (2021).
- V.O.R.: doi:10.1103/PhysRevFluids.6.014601.
- E-prints: handle:11375/26168; arXiv:2001.01638.
- Supplemental Materials: link.
Lu Zhu and Li Xi*, “Inertia-driven and elastoinertial viscoelastic turbulent channel flow simulated with a hybrid pseudo-spectral/finite-difference numerical scheme”, Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics, 286, 104410 (2020).
- V.O.R.: doi:10.1016/j.jnnfm.2020.104410 (author share).
- E-prints: handle:11375/25910 ; arXiv:2008.10660.
Dongyang Li, Ziqi Gao, Naveen Kumar Vasudevan, Hong Li, Xin Gao*, Xingang Li, and Li Xi*, “Molecular mechanism for azeotrope formation in ethanol/benzene binary mixtures through Gibbs ensemble Monte Carlo simulation”, The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 124, 3371–3386 (2020).
- V.O.R.: doi:10.1021/acs.jpcb.9b12013.
- E-prints: handle:11375/25432; doi:10.26434/chemrxiv.11474589.
Li Xi*, “Turbulent drag reduction by polymer additives: Fundamentals and recent advances”, Physics of Fluids, 31, 121302 (2019).
- V.O.R.: doi:10.1063/1.5129619.
- E-prints: handle:11375/25119; arXiv:1912.11524.
- Invited review article for the Special Issue of “Passive and Active Control of Turbulent Flows”.
- Selected as an Editor’s Pick.
Lu Zhu and Li Xi*, “Vortex dynamics in low- and high-extent polymer drag reduction regimes revealed by vortex tracking and conformation analysis”, Physics of Fluids, 31, 095103 (2019).
- V.O.R.: doi:10.1063/1.5118251.
- E-prints: handle:11375/25092; arXiv:1912.01722.
- Selected as an Editor’s Pick.
Li Xi*, “Molecular simulation for predicting the rheological properties of polymer melts”, Molecular Simulation, 45, 1242–2364 (2019).
- V.O.R.: doi:10.1080/08927022.2019.1605600 (author share).
- E-print: handle:11375/25096.
- Invited review article for the Special Issue of “Recent Advances in Molecular Simulation”.
Lu Zhu and Li Xi*, “Vortex axis tracking by iterative propagation (VATIP): a method for analysing three-dimensional turbulent structures”, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 866, 169-215 (2019)
- V.O.R.: doi:10.1017/jfm.2019.75.
- E-prints: handle:11375/25075; arXiv:1912.01732.
Lu Zhu, Xue Bai, Evan Krushelnycky, and Li Xi*, “Transient dynamics of turbulence growth and bursting: Effects of drag-reducing polymers”, Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics, 266, 127-142 (2019).
- V.O.R.: doi:10.1016/j.jnnfm.2019.03.002 (author share).
- E-print: handle:11375/25095.
Lu Zhu, Hecke Schrobsdorff, Tobias M. Schneider, and Li Xi*, “Distinct transition in flow statistics and vortex dynamics between low- and high-extent turbulent drag reduction in polymer fluids”, Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics, 262, 115-130 (2018).
- V.O.R.: doi:10.1016/j.jnnfm.2018.03.017 (author share).
- E-print: handle:11375/25094.
- In the Special Issue of “XVIIIth International Workshop on Numerical Methods for Non-Newtonian Flows”.
Dongyang Li, Kushal Panchal, Roozbeh Mafi, and Li Xi*, “An atomistic evaluation of the compatibility and plasticization efficacy of phthalates in poly(vinyl chloride)”, Macromolecules, 51, 6997–7012(2018).
- V.O.R.: doi:10.1021/acs.macromol.8b00756 (author share).
- E-print: handle:11375/25074.
Lu Zhu*, and Li Xi, “Coherent structure dynamics and identification during the multistage transitions of polymeric turbulent channel flow”, Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 1001, 012005 (2018).
- V.O.R.: doi:10.1088/1742-6596/1001/1/012005.
- E-print: handle:11375/25073.
- Peer-reviewed proceeding paper for the “Third Madrid Summer School on Turbulence” (Madrid, Spain, May 29–Jun. 30, 2017) attended by Ph.D. student LZ.
Shimiao Zhang and Li Xi*, “Effects of precursor topology on polymer networks simulated with molecular dynamics”, Polymer, 116, 143–152 (2017).
- V.O.R.: doi:10.1016/j.polymer.2017.03.048.
- E-print: handle:11375/25072.
Shimiao Zhang, Lily Lai Chi So, Santiago Faucher, and Li Xi*, “Polymer coating over solid particles with in situ thermal curing”, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 55, 5574–5584 (2016).
- V.O.R.: doi:10.1021/acs.iecr.6b00376.
- E-print: handle:11375/25071.
Erlita Mastan, Li Xi, and Shiping Zhu*, “Factors affecting grafting efficiency in surface-initiated ATRP: A simulation study”, Macromolecular Theory and Simulations, 25, 220–228 (2016).
- V.O.R.: doi:10.1002/mats.201500081
Li Xi* and Xue Bai, “Marginal turbulent state of viscoelastic fluids: A polymer drag reduction perspective”, Physical Review E, 93, 043118 (2016).
- V.O.R.: doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.93.043118.
- E-print: handle:11375/25070.
Erlita Mastan, Li Xi, and Shiping Zhu*, “What limits the chain growth from flat surfaces in surface-initiated ATRP: Propagation, termination or both?”, Macromolecular Theory and Simulations, 24, 89–99 (2015).
- V.O.R.: doi:10.1002/mats.201400085
Sung-Ning Wang, Michael D. Graham*, Friedemann J. Hahn, and Li Xi, “Time-series and extended Karhunen-Loève analysis of turbulent drag reduction in polymer solutions”, AIChE Journal, 60, 1460–1475 (2014).
- V.O.R.: doi:10.1002/aic.14328
Li Xi, Manas Shah, and Bernhardt L. Trout*, “Hopping of water in a glassy polymer studied via transition path sampling and likelihood maximization”, The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 117, 3634–3647 (2013).
- V.O.R.: doi:10.1021/jp3099973.
Li Xi and Michael D. Graham*, “Intermittent dynamics of turbulence hibernation in Newtonian and viscoelastic minimal channel flows”, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 693, 433–472 (2012).
- V.O.R.: doi:10.1017/jfm.2011.541
Li Xi and Michael D. Graham*, “Dynamics on the laminar-turbulent boundary and the origin of the maximum drag reduction asymptote”, Physical Review Letters, 108, 028301 (2012).
- V.O.R.: doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.028301.
- E-print: handle:1721.1/70579.
Li Xi and Michael D. Graham*, “Active and hibernating turbulence in minimal channel flow of Newtonian and polymeric fluids”, Physical Review Letters, 104, 218301 (2010).
- V.O.R.: doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.104.218301.
- E-print: arXiv:1004.5159.
Li Xi and Michael D. Graham*, “Turbulent drag reduction and multistage transitions in viscoelastic minimal flow units”, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 647, 421–452 (2010).
- V.O.R.: doi:10.1017/S0022112010000066.
Li Xi and Michael D. Graham*, “A mechanism for oscillatory instability in viscoelastic cross-slot flow”, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 622, 145–165 (2009).
- V.O.R.: doi:10.1017/S0022112008005119.
- E-print: arXiv:physics/0703262.
Wei Li, Li Xi, and Michael D. Graham*, “Nonlinear travelling waves as a framework for understanding turbulent drag reduction”, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 565, 353–362 (2006).
- V.O.R.: doi:10.1017/S0022112006002138.
- E-print: arXiv:physics/0601183.
Zehui Yang, Haiying Yan, Li Xi, and Xinzhi Chen*, “New process for the synthesis of 4-acetoxy-2-methyl-2-butenal”, Journal of Chemical Engineering of Chinese Universities, 18, 488–493 (2004).
- In Chinese.
