The miniaturization of electro-mechanical devices, and the resulting need for micro-power
generation (milliwatts to watts) with low weight, long life devices, has lead to the recent …

In recent years, intensive studies on thermal control devices have been conducted for the
thermal management of electronics and computers as well as for applications in energy …

The anatomy of electrochemical flow microreactors is important to safely perform chemical
reactions in order to obtain pure and high yielding substances in a controlled and precise …

The integration of an external combustion micro heat engine with a Swiss roll combustor to
produce power is presented in this work. The micro heat engine, a micro-electro-mechanical …

Mechanical power production by a dynamic micro heat engine with integrated thermal
switch is demonstrated. A microengine operated from a constant heat source of 60 C is …

In this work a thermal interface material fabricated by thermocompression bonding of
vertically aligned carbon nanotube turf (VACNT) to metallized substrates was characterized …

We present the design, fabrication and characterization of a new kind of MEMS thermal
switch based on electrowetting actuation of a dielectric liquid contact. The thermal switch …

There has been significant interest and work toward the development of small length scale
(micrometer to centimeter) energy conversion systems—heat engines and thermal energy …

A novel free piston expander (FPE) has been designed and modeled for energy
sustainability applications. Specifically, the device has been designed to produce power …

The development of a nanoscale thermal switch is a crucial step toward advanced thermal
management systems including future thermal logic gates and computers. This study …