... of the thermal stimulus applied at the nearest wall. The findings of this work might play a pivotal role in the future advancement of the solute transport and mixing mechanisms of the analytes in the microfluidic domain, especially in multifluid systems driven by interfacial effects such as thermocapillarity...

... than the maximum Péclet number of electro-osmotic microflows. Furthermore, it is shown that smoother distributions of wall heat flux give rise to higher heat transfer rates. The model developed in this study can pave the way for modeling of hotspots in more complicated microfluidic devices. e...

..., such as lab-on-a-chip, microreactors, microfluidic fuel cells, or carbon nanotube membranes, involve more than one chemical species. For this reason, atomistic-continuum hybrid flow models are becoming increasingly important. Pioneering work was published around 20 years ago [ 4 ], but it is today...

... such as microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), biomedical engineering, and biochemistry. slip flow asymmetrical heating analytical solution microfluidics This work is aimed at contributing to the thermal analysis of slip flow through circular microducts, providing an analytical solution to the energy...

... to the Reynolds number. microfluidics mixed convection gas rarefaction second-order boundary conditions Recent advances in science and technology have promoted a rapid development of different microfluidic devices in biomedical, biochemical, and energy-related fields, such as drug delivery...

...Ali Jabari Moghadam References [1] Nguyen , N. T. , and Wereley , S. T. , 2006 , Fundamentals and Applications of Microfluidics , Artech House , Boston, MA . [2] Arulanandam , S. , and Li , D. , 2000 , “ Liquid Transport in Rectangular Microchannels by Electroosmotic...

...Masahiro Motosuke; Jun Shimakawa; Dai Akutsu; Shinji Honami Optical force offers a promise of being applied as a noninvasive manipulation tool for microscopic objects without physical contact. Particle control in a microfluidic system is achieved by optics showing advantages over electric...

... pipes heat transfer image reconstruction mesh generation microfluidics permeability pipe flow porosity statistical analysis thermal conductivity porous media effective thermal conductivity permeability microtomography sintered beds heat pipes Sintered copper is an important...

..., q "  = 3650 W/m 2 , and T in  = 15, 21, 24, and 30 °C 01 07 2010 18 06 2011 20 06 2011 06 10 2011 06 10 2011 boundary layers heat transfer laminar flow melting microfluidics numerical analysis phase change materials pipe flow slurries two-phase...

... 09 2011 compressible flow flow simulation heat transfer microfluidics numerical analysis pipe flow slip flow viscosity microtube compressibility viscous heating temperature field High efficiency heat exchangers are needed for the cooling of electronic systems...

...Jae Bong Lee; Seong Hyuk Lee; Chang Kyoung Choi aluminium contact angle drops flow visualisation high-speed optical techniques hole density hydrophobicity impact (mechanical) microfluidics milling machines surface energy surface roughness surface texture water wetting 27...

.... There is a need to develop more efficient cooling technologies to dissipate high heat loads at low surface temperatures. flow boiling R134a microscale boiling heat transfer microfluidics pipe flow two-phase flow 13 04 2010 01 12 2010 03 02 2011 03 02 2011 2011...

... ), topographical imaging ( 13 ), nanoscale thermal metrology ( 14 15 ), and vapor detection ( 16 ). thermal conductance heated microcantilever photothermal heating atomic force microscope cantilevers heat transfer microfluidics thermal conductivity 10 10 2009 14 01 2010 06 01...

... not allow increasing the flow rate to capture the optimum point. The authors acknowledge the financial support of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC). They also appreciate the staff of the Microelectronics Heat Transfer Laboratory and Microfluidics Laboratory...

... 2008 13 04 2010 23 07 2010 23 07 2010 Boltzmann equation heat transfer microfluidics molecular dynamics method phonons silicon thermal conductivity The performance and reliability of modern electronic devices, such as microprocessors, is related to their ability...

... dendrites dielectric liquids flow through porous media heat transfer microfluidics nanoporous materials thermal management (packaging) pool boiling enhancement copper nanodendrites electrochemical deposition electronics cooling dielectric liquids The ever increasing transistor...

... microfluidics pipe flow temperature distribution thermal conductivity microheat pipe axial conduction solid wall phase change heat transport capacity Owing to their various applications, either proposed or implemented, microheat pipes (MHPs) have attracted considerable interest since...

.... computational fluid dynamics microfluidics solid oxide fuel cells Solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) are characterized by high conversion efficiency and exhaust temperature making them ideal for combined heat and power (CHP) applications, particularly when fuel flexibility is required. On the other hand...

...Zhefu Wang; Richard B. Peterson This study explores the use of a thermal wave approach for flow field measurement applications, such as flow diagnostics near surfaces and in microfluidic systems. The basic mathematical characteristics of the governing equations of heat convection, with periodic...

... transfer jets Mach number microfluidics electronics cooling microscale jet heat transfer microjet microjet array Heat dissipation in processors and power electronics is a major concern for reliability and may become a limiting factor as transistor densities rise. If heat dissipation...