A review of nucleate boiling on nanoengineered surfaces–The nanostructures, phenomena and mechanisms

X Li, I Cole, J Tu - International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2019 - Elsevier
Nanostructured surfaces present great potentials to enhance nucleate boiling heat transfer.
However, due to the diverse materials and approaches of fabrication, nanostructured …

Orientation effects on liquid-vapor phase change heat transfer on nanoporous membranes

G **ement cooling of high power-density electronics
SM Walsh - 2018 - dspace.mit.edu
The increasing power density of advanced electronics, and in particular Gallium Nitride
(GaN) high electron mobility transistors (HEMTs) in RF power amplifiers, represents a major …

Evaporation from nanopores: probing interfacial transport

Z Lu - 2018 - dspace.mit.edu
Evaporation, a commonly found phenomenon in nature, is widely used in thermal
management, water purification, and steam generation as it takes advantage of the enthalpy …

Coupled deformation-diffusion-fracture theories for solids: application to polymeric gels and hydrogen embrittlement in steels

Y Mao - 2018 - dspace.mit.edu
Solids with deformation-diffusion coupling are ubiquitous in engineering applications.
Understanding and modeling the fracture of such solids is vitally important. This thesis …

EVAPORATION FROM ULTRATHIN NANOPOROUS MEMBRANES INTO LIQUID-MOIST AIR SYSTEMS

Z Lu, KL Wilke, DJ Preston, I Kinefuchi… - International Heat …, 2018 - ihtcdigitallibrary.com
Evaporation, a phenomenon commonly found in nature, is of fundamental interest and has
many practical applications. In previous studies, evaporative transport is often limited by the …