Pool boiling with high energy conversion efficiency is critical to steam generation,
electronics cooling, water purification, and other energy applications. Great efforts have …

Functional surface structures, which are of certain shapes and surface morphologies for
specific functions, have been widely applied in a wide range of optical, thermal, electronic …

Porous surfaces fabricated by sintering maintain good pool boiling heat transfer
performances and have the advantages of high processing efficiency and low cost …

The rapid advancement of engineering systems has spurred the search for innovative
thermal management solutions. Boiling, as a phase‐change heat transfer method, has …

Boiling phenomena exhibits a complex nature in many ways with chaotic bubble dynamics
being one of them. Understanding the dynamic behavior of vapor bubbles in pool/flow …

In this study, the optimal surface pattern of low and high wettability regions for enhanced
boiling heat transfer is investigated using aluminum superbiphilic surfaces. Samples are …

Stability of functionalized surfaces is an often-neglected topic in phase-change heat transfer
research. Here, we examine the chemical and morphological changes of textured surfaces …

The micro-structured surfaces have a significant impact on the flow patterns and heat
transfer mechanisms during the flow boiling process. As illustrated by previous studies, there …

Laser texturing can effectively obtain the desired surface features on metals through melting
and solidification, or through laser-based additive manufacturing techniques. In phase …

Nucleate boiling enables effective cooling and heat transfer at low temperature differences
between a heated surface and the surrounding fluid. It is utilized in many applications …