Dr. Yiling Nan

Contact Info

yiling.nan@ku.edu

Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Alberta, 2022, Edmonton Canada

M.S. in Chemistry and Biotechnology, The University of Tokyo, 2018, Tokyo, Japan

B.S. in Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, 2016, Beijing, China

Y. Nan, P. Baral, A. Orr, H. Michel, J. Lemkul, and A. MacKerell, Balancing Group 1 Monoatomic Ion-Polar Compound Interactions in the Polarizable Drude Force Field: Application in Protein and Nucleic Acid Systems, Under Review
Y. Nan, A. MacKerell, Balancing Group I Monoatomic Ion-Polar Compound Interactions for Condensed Phase Simulation in the Polarizable Drude Force Field, Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation, 2024, 20, 8, 3242--3257
W. Li, Y. Nan, Z. Jin, Dependence of Methane Transport on Pore Informatics in the Amorphous Nanoporous Kerogen Matrix, Langmuir, 2024, 40, 1, 687–695

L. Duan, M. Zhang, Y. Nan, Z. Jin, Effects of Interfacial Molecular Structures on Pressure-Driven Brine Flow in Silica Mesopores, Langmuir, 2023, 39, 37, 13019–13027
M. Zhang, Y. Nan, Y. Lu, Q. You, Z. Jin, CO2-responsive surfactant for oil-in-water emulsification and demulsification from molecular perspectives, Fuel, 2023, 331 (2): 125773

Y. Fujisawa, Y. Nan, A. Asano, Y. Yanagisawa, K. Yano, Y. Itoh, T. Aida, Blending to Make Nonhealable Polymers Healable: Nanophase Separation Observed by CP/MAS 13C NMR Analysis, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2022, e202214444
Y. Nan, W. Li, Z. Jin, Molecular Dynamics Studied on Effective Surface-Active Additives: Toward Hard Water-Resistant Chemical Flooding for Enhanced Oil Recovery, Langmuir, 2022, 38 (16): 4802-4811
Y. Nan, Z. Jin, Effect of Alcohol Tail Length on Aggregate Behavior of Alcohol and AOT at the Water-scCO2 Interface: MD Simulation Study, Book, Nanostructured Materials for Sustainable Energy: Design, Evaluation, and Applications, Chapter 10, pp 263-288, 2022

Y. Nan, W. Li, M. Zhang, Z. Jin, Ethanol Blending to Improve Reverse-Micelle Dispersity in Supercritical CO2: A Molecular Dynamics Study, J. Phys. Chem. B, 2021, 125 (33): 9610-9620
Y. Nan, W. Li, Z. Jin, Ion Valency and Concentration Effect on the Structural and Thermodynamic Properties of Brine-Oil Interfaces with Anionic Surfactant (SDS), J. Phys. Chem. B, 2021, 125 (33): 9621-9628
X. Zhang*, Q. Jin*, Y. Nan*, L. Hou, B. Li, X. Chen, Z. Jin, X. Zhang, J. Huang, and Q. Zhang, Electrolyte Structure of Lithium Polysulfides with Anti‐Reductive Solvent Shells for Practical Lithium-Sulfur Batteries, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2021, 60: 15503-15509 *Co-first Author
W. Li, Y. Nan, Q. You, Z. Jin, CO2 solubility in brine in silica nanopores in relation to geological CO2 sequestration in tight formations: Effect of salinity and pH, Chem. Eng. J., 2021, 411: 127626
W. Li, M. Zhang, Y. Nan, W. Pang, Z. Jin, Molecular Dynamics Study on CO2 Storage in Water-Filled Kerogen Nanopores in Shale Reservoirs: Effects of Kerogen Maturity and Pore Size, Langmuir., 2021, 37(1): 542–552

W. Li, Y. Nan, Z. Zhang, Q. You, Z. Jin, Hydrophilicity/Hydrophobicity Driven CO2 Solubility in Kaolinite Nanopores in Relation to Carbon Sequestration, Chem. Eng. J., 2020, 398: 125449
Y. Nan, W. Li, Z. Jin, Roles of alcohol as a cosurfactant at brine-oil interface under a typical reservoir condition, Langmuir, 2020, 36(19): 5198-5207
W. Li, Y. Nan, Q. You, Q. Xie, Z. Jin, Effects of salts and silica nanoparticles on oil-brine interfacial properties under hydrocarbon reservoir conditions: A molecular dynamics simulation study, J. Mol. Liq., 2020, 305: 112860
X. Hu, Y. Nan, X. Kong, D. Lu, and J. Wu, A hybrid theoretical method for predicting electrokinetic energy conversion in nanochannels, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2020, 22(16): 9110-9116
Y. Nan, W. Li, Z. Jin, Slip length of methane flow under shale reservoir conditions: Effect of pore size and pressure, Fuel, 2020, 259: 116237

W. Li, Y. Nan, X. Wen, W. Wang, Z. Jin, Effects of Salinity and N-, S-, and O-Bearing Polar Components on Light Oil–Brine Interfacial Properties from Molecular Perspectives, J. Phys. Chem. C, 2019, 123, 38, 23520-23528

Y. Yanagisawa, Y. Nan, K. Okuro, T. Aida, Mechanically robust, readily repairable polymers via tailored noncovalent cross-linking. Science, 2018, 359(6371): 72 – 76.

Y. Nan, X. Kong, J. Li, D. Lu, Non-equilibrium Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Water Flow Inside Nano-slit. Journal of Chemical Industry and Engineering, 2017, 68(5): 1786 – 1793.