Surface wettability, a property that governs the interaction between the solid and liquid
phases, is central in various biological systems and technological applications. A typical …

Nanofluid spray/jet im**ement cooling is widespread and finds applications in many
scientific and industrial paradigms. Because of these ubiquities of nanofluid spray/jet …

A pioneering idea for increasing the thermal performance of heat transfer fluids was to use
ultrafine solid particles suspended in the base fluid. Nanofluids, synthesized by mixing solid …

Engineered suspensions of nanosized particles (nanofluids) may be characterized by
enhanced thermal properties. Due to the increasing need for ultrahigh performance cooling …

Graphene Nanoplatelets (GNP) were stably dispersed in aqueous media by covalent and
non-covalent functionalization. Covalent functionalization was performed by a rapid …

A novel synthesis procedure is presented for preparing triethanolamine-treated graphene
nanoplatelets (TEA-GNPs) with different specific areas (SSAs). Using ultrasonication, the …

Cooling by im**ing droplets has been the subject of several studies for decades and still
is, and, in the last few years, the potential heat transfer enhancement obtained thanks to …

The effects of using aqueous nanofluids containing covalently functionalized graphene
nanoplatelets with triethanolamine (TEA-GNPs) as novel working fluids on the thermal …

This study investigates low Weber number droplet impact on heated hydrophobic surfaces.
Using synchronized high-speed optical and infrared (IR) imaging, we correlate the droplet …

With the increasing interest in improving high-performance cooling systems, research on
droplet cooling requires more complex methods for enhancing heat transfer. Hence, we …