Deo Musinguzi

Deo Musinguzi is a materials science researcher affiliated with the School of Mechanical Engineering at Jiangsu University of Technology in Changzhou, China. His work focuses on laser-processed superhydrophobic surfaces, nanoporous metals, and functional coatings for wettability control and heat transfer.

Primary Research Interests

Superhydrophobic Surfaces: Laser-fabricated surfaces with tunable wettability for self-cleaning and condensation heat transfer.
Nanoporous Metals: Dealloyed bulk nanoporous copper with tunable plasmonic properties for SERS applications.
Functional Coatings: Photothermal-responsive TiO2/epoxy coatings with switchable wettability on aluminum surfaces.
Molecular Dynamics Simulation: Simulating electric-field effects on nanoscale water droplet wetting of PDMS surfaces.

Selected Publications & Thesis Work

Microstructure Engineered Bulk Nanoporous Copper With Tunable Plasmonic Properties for Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy
Zahra, T., Abbas, A., Khan, B. A., Abbas, Y., Deo, M., Guesmi, A., Khan, A. A., Shakhobutdinov, R., Saydullaev, B., & Ou, J. (2026). ChemistrySelect, 11(17).
Kinetically guided dealloying of Ti-Cu alloys produces bulk nanoporous copper with tunable pore sizes for SERS substrates.
Preparation of TiO2/EP photothermal-responsive coatings on aluminum-based surfaces with switchable wettability
Li, S., Ye, X., Yang, X., Fan, Z., Lu, Z., Zhao, Y., He, Y., & Musinguzi, D. (2026). Journal of Coatings Technology and Research, 23(4).
Laser-etched aluminum with HDTMS-modified TiO2 coatings achieves reversible superhydrophobic-superhydrophilic switching over 15 cycles.
Laser-ablated PDMS/Copper Powder Superhydrophobic Copper Surfaces for Enhanced Condensation Heat Transfer
Lu, Z., Yang, X., Ye, X., Fan, Z., Li, S., & Musinguzi, D. (2026). Surface Technology, 55(10).
One-step laser ablation of PDMS/copper powder mixtures yields durable superhydrophobic surfaces with 5.85-fold enhanced condensation heat transfer.
Molecular dynamics study on the influence of electric field on the wetting behavior of nanoscale water droplets on PDMS surface
Zhao, Y., Yang, X., Ye, X., Fan, Z., Li, S., He, Y., Lu, Z., & Musinguzi, D. (2026). Computational Materials Science, 261.
Molecular dynamics simulations investigate how electric fields alter nanoscale water droplet wetting on PDMS surfaces.
Fabrication of a flexible, blood-repellent superhydrophobic PDMS surface via a laser etching template and TiO2 nano-assembly strategy
He, Y., Yang, X., Ye, X., Zhao, Y., Lu, Z., Li, S., & Musinguzi, D. (2026). Materials Letters, 412.
Laser-etched templates combined with TiO2 nano-assembly produce flexible, blood-repellent superhydrophobic PDMS surfaces.
Topography over chemistry: Achieving tunable hydrophobicity on polymethyl methacrylate via ultraviolet picosecond and near-infrared nanosecond laser ablation
Musinguzi, D., Yang, X., Ye, X., He, Y., Lu, Z., Li, S., Zhao, Y., & Zahra, T. (2025).
Compares UV picosecond and NIR nanosecond laser ablation for tuning PMMA surface hydrophobicity through topography.