Education and Working Experiences

Jul. 2020-present, Associate Professor, School of Energy and Environmental Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing.

Jul. 2018-Jun. 2020, Postdoctoral Research Associate, School Aeronautic Science and Engineering, Beihang University.

Sep. 2013-Jul. 2018, Ph.D., Power Engineering and Engineering Thermophysics, Tsinghua University.

Sep. 2009-Jun. 2013, B.E., Thermal and Power Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing.

Teaching

1. Engineering Thermodynamics;

2. Engineering Fluid Mechamics;

Social/ Academic Work

Guest Editor of Applied Physics Letters for the Special Topic “Superhydrophobic Surfaces”.

Referee for more than 30 peer-reviewed journals such as Nano Energy, Chemical Engineering Journal, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, etc.

Session Chair of 3rd International Symposium on Thermal-Fluid Dynamics, July 28-30, Xi’an, China, 2022.

Academic Achievements

Books

1. Condensed and Melting Droplet Behavior on Superhydrophobic Surfaces, Springer, 2020.11.

Selected 30 journal publications：

1. F. Chu, S. Li, C. Zhao, Y. Feng*, Y. Lin, X. Wu*, X. Yan*, N. Miljkovic*, Interfacial ice sprouting during salty water droplet freezing, Nature Communications, 15(1) (2024) 2249.

2. M. Hou, Z. Jiang, W. Sun, Z. Chen, F. Chu*, N.C. Lai*, Efficient Photothermal Anti-/Deicing Enabled by 3D Cu2-xS Encapsulated Phase Change Materials Mixed Superhydrophobic Coatings, Advanced Materials, 36(3) (2024) 2310312.

3. Z. Hu, F. Chu, H. He, X. Wu, Z. Dong, R. Wang*, Understanding and Utilizing Droplet Impact on Superhydrophobic Surfaces: Phenomena, Mechanisms, Regulations, Applications, and Beyond, Advanced Materials, 2024, https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202310177.

4. W. Sun, Y. Wei, Y. Feng*, F. Chu*, Anti-icing and deicing characteristics of photothermal superhydrophobic surfaces based on metal nanoparticles and carbon nanotube materials, Energy, 286 (2024) 129656.

5. Y. Wei, S. Gao, W. Sun, X. Wu, Y. Feng*, F. Chu*, Anti-frosting and defrosting on photothermal superhydrophobic coatings based on silane hydrolysis and carbon nanotube doping, Applied Thermal Engineering, 236 (2024) 121876.

6. C. Zhao, Y. Lin, X. Wu*, X. Zhang, F. Chu*, Nanoscale insights on the freezing front propagation and ion behaviors during seawater freezing, Applied Surface Science, 641 (2023) 158499.

7. Y. Lin, X. Wu*, Z. Hu, F. Chu*, Leidenfrost droplet jet engine by bubble ejection, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 650 (2023) 112-120.

8. Y. Lin, F. Chu*, X. Wu*, Evaporation of heated droplets at different wetting modes: A decoupled study of diffusive and convective effects, Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer, 207 (2023) 123993.

9. F. Chu*, S. Li, Z. Hu, X. Wu*, Regulation of droplet impacting on superhydrophobic surfaces: Coupled effects of macrostructures, wettability patterns, and surface motion, Applied Physics Letters, 122 (2023) 160503.

10. F. Chu, Z. Ni, D. Wen*, Y. Feng*, S. Li, L. Jiang, Z. Dong*, Liquid Film Sculpture via Droplet Impacting on Microstructured Heterowettable Surfaces, Advanced Functional Materials, 32 (2022) 2203222. (Selected as Journal Frontispiece)

11. Y. Shu, F. Chu*, Z. Hu, J. Gao, X. Wu, Z. Dong, Y. Feng*, Superhydrophobic Strategy for Nature-Inspired Rotating Microfliers: Enhancing Spreading, Reducing Contact Time, and Weakening Impact Force of Raindrops, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 14 (2022) 57340−57349.

12. Y. Lin, F. Chu*, X. Wu*, Evaporation and boiling of water-alcohol droplets: Dynamic characteristics of wetting and heat transfer, Int. Commun. Heat Mass Transfer, 134 (2022) 106045.

13. Z. Hu, F. Chu*, X. Wu*, S. Ding, Y. Lin, Bidirectional Transport of Split Droplets, Physical Review Applied, 18(4) (2022) 044057. (Selected for inclusion in the American Physical Society's outreach)

14. Z. Hu, F. Chu*, X. Wu*, Double-peak characteristic of droplet impact force on superhydrophobic surfaces, Extreme Mechanics Letters, 52 (2022) 101665.

15. Z. Hu, F. Chu*, X. Wu*, Splitting dynamics of droplet impact on ridged superhydrophobic surfaces, Physics of Fluids, 34(9) (2022) 092104. (Selected as Featured)

16. X. Fu, Q. Zhu, D. Liu, B. Liu, L. Kuang, Y. Feng, F. Chu*, Z. Huang*, Enhanced Moisture Condensation on Hierarchical Structured Superhydrophobic-Hydrophilic Patterned Surfaces, Langmuir, 38 (2022) 863-869.

17. F. Chu, X. Yan*, N. Miljkovic*, How Superhydrophobic Grooves Drive Single-Droplet Jumping, Langmuir, 38 (2022) 4452-4460.

18. J. Luo, F. Chu*, Z. Ni, J. Zhang, D. Wen*, Dynamics of droplet impacting on a cone, Physics of Fluids, 33(11) (2021) 112116. (Selected as an Editor’s Pick)

19. Y. Lin, F. Chu*, Q. Ma, X. Wu*, Gyroscopic rotation of boiling droplets, Applied Physics Letters, 118(22) (2021) 221601.

20. Z. Hu, Z. Yuan, H. Hou, F. Chu*, X. Wu*, Event-driven Simulation of Multi-scale Dropwise Condensation, Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer, 167 (2021) 120819.

21. F. Chu*, J. Luo, C. Hao, J. Zhang, X. Wu, D. Wen*, Directional Transportation of Impacting Droplets on Wettability-Controlled Surfaces, Langmuir, 36(21) (2020) 5855-5862. (Selected in a Virtual Issue)

22. F. Chu*, Y. Lin, X. Yan, X. Wu*, Quantitative relations between droplet jumping and anti-frosting effect on superhydrophobic surfaces, Energy and Buildings, 225 (2020) 110315.

23. F. Chu, X. Zhang, S. Li, H. Jin, J. Zhang, X. Wu, D. Wen*, Bubble formation in freezing droplets, Physical Review Fluids, 4(7) (2019) 071601(R).

24. F. Chu, S. Gao, X. Zhang, X. Wu, D. Wen*, Droplet re-icing characteristics on a superhydrophobic surface, Applied Physics Letters, 115(7) (2019) 073703.

25. F. Chu, X. Wu*, L. Wang, Meltwater Evolution during Defrosting on Superhydrophobic Surfaces, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 10(1) (2018) 1415-1421.

26. F. Chu, D. Wen, X. Wu*, Frost Self-Removal Mechanism during Defrosting on Vertical Superhydrophobic Surfaces: Peeling Off or Jumping Off, Langmuir, 34(48) (2018) 14562-14569.

27. F. Chu, X. Wu*, Y. Zhu, Z. Yuan, Relationship between condensed droplet coalescence and surface wettability, Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer, 111 (2017) 836-841.

28. F. Chu, X. Wu*, L. Wang, Dynamic melting of freezing droplets on ultraslippery superhydrophobic surfaces, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 9 (2017) 8420-8425.

29. F. Chu, X. Wu*, B. Zhu, X. Zhang, Self-propelled droplet behavior during condensation on superhydrophobic surfaces, Applied Physics Letters, 108(19) (2016) 194103.

30. F. Chu, X. Wu*, Fabrication and condensation characteristics of metallic superhydrophobic surface with hierarchical micro-nano structures, Applied Surface Science, 371 (2016) 322-328.