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Using engineered surfaces to shed heat

Work published in Nature Physics shows a new way to lower the limit of the Leidenfrost effect.

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Wenge Huang inspects material samples in the lab of Jiangtao Cheng. Photo by Alex Parrish for Virginia Tech.
Wenge Huang inspects material samples in the lab of Jiangtao Cheng. Photo by Alex Parrish for Virginia Tech.
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The lab in the news: Droplet biosensing method opens the door for faster identification of COVID-19

Dr. Cheng worked with electrical and computer engineering professor Wei Zhou to develop a method of droplet analysis that could turn coronavirus tests around in a fraction of the current method's time.

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Jiangtao Cheng

Jiangtao Cheng, Primary Investigator
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