面向传热强化与先进热管理的微液滴、气泡动力学研究。
代表性研究成果：
1. Xiao Yan*, Bingqiang Ji, Lezhou Feng, Xiong Wang, Daolong Yang, Kazi Fazle Rabbi, Qi Peng, Muhammad Jahidul Hoque, Puhang Jin, Elizabeth Bello, Soumyadip Sett, Marianne Alleyne, Donald M Cropek, Nenad Miljkovic* (2022) Particle-droplet Coalescence and Self-transport on Superhydrophobic Surfaces. ACS Nano. 16(8), 12910-12921. (自然指数期刊，影响因子: 17.1)
2. Xiao Yan, Yimeng Qin, Feipeng Chen, Guanlei Zhao, Soumyadip Sett, Muhammad Jahidul Hoque, Kazi Fazle Rabbi, Xueqian Zhang, Zi Wang, Longnan Li, Feng Chen, Jie Feng, Nenad Miljkovic* (2020) Laplace pressure driven single droplet jumping on structured surfaces. ACS Nano. 14(10), 12796-12809. (自然指数期刊，影响因子: 17.1；被Wiley期刊Droplet采纳为创刊宣传视频之一）
3. Xiao Yan, Leicheng Zhang, Soumyadip Sett, Lezhou Feng, Chongyan Zhao, Zhiyong Huang, Hamed Vahabi, Arun K Kota, Feng Chen, Nenad Miljkovic* (2019). Droplet jumping: Effects of droplet size, surface structure, pinning, and liquid properties. ACS Nano. 13(2), 1309-1323. (自然指数期刊，影响因子: 17.1)
4. Xiao Yan, Soumyadip Sett, Lezhou Feng, Leicheng Zhang, Zhiyong Huang, Feng Chen, Nenad Miljkovic.* (2019). “Swimming Jellyfish”: Visualizing Jet-Like Internal Flow in Coalescing Droplets. Journal of Heat Transfer, 141(10), 100901.（基于该研究成果的微尺度成像技术获得科学美国人、福布斯、自然杂志等广泛报导，被自然杂志评为Best Science Images，并荣获2020年度Nikon Small World In Motion Global Competition全球唯一一等奖）
5. Xiao Yan, Lezhou Feng, Leicheng Zhang, …, Nenad Miljkovic.* (2020). “Dancing Droplets”: Partial Coalescence on Superhydrophobic Surfaces. Journal of Heat Transfer, 142(3), 030904.
6. Wang, X.=, Yan, X.=*, …., Min, Q.*, & Miljkovic, N.* (2022). Spreading Dynamics of Microdroplets on Nanostructured Surfaces. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 635, 221-230. (共同一作/通讯)
7. Chu, F.=*, Yan, X.=*, Miljkovic, N.* (2022). How microgrooves drive single condensate droplet jumping. Langmuir. 14, 4452–4460. (共同一作/通讯)
8. Zhao, C. =*, Yan, X. =*, Wang, Z., Huang, Z., Bo, H., Chen, F.* (2023) When coalescing droplets jump: a unified energy conversion model incorporating droplet size and surface adhesion. Physics of Fluids. 35(5), 052001 (共同一作/通讯).
9. Wang, X., Yan, X.*, …, Min, Q.* (2023) Dynamic wetting of Newtonian and viscoelastic fluids on microstructured surfaces. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. (影响因子: 9.965，共同通讯)
10. Zhou, Y., Ji, B., Yan, X., Jin, P., Li, J., & Miljkovic, N. (2021). Asymmetric Bubble Formation at Rectangular Orifices. Langmuir, 37(14), 4302-4307.
11. Zhao, F., Yan, X., Bo, H., Meng, T., Zeng, C., & Tan, S. (2019). Application of droplet motion and phase change model in containment spray system. Annals of Nuclear Energy, 131, 123-137.