... proportional to the wave number 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...

... 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. where...

...] Mohamed , K. M. , and Mohamad , A. A. , 2010 , “ A Review of the Development of Hybrid Atomistic-Continuum Methods for Dense Fluids ,” Microfluid. Nanofluid. , 8 ( 3 ), pp. 283 – 302 . 10.1007/s10404-009-0529-z [6] Li , J. , Liao , D. , and Yip , S. , 1998 , “ Coupling...

... are presented as functions of both the heated perimeter of the cross section and the Knudsen number, resorting to simple converging series of trigonometric functions. The proposed solution can be useful for the design of the microfluidic devices such as micro heat sinks and micro heat exchangers. slip...

.... , 2006 , “Gas Transport Phenomena in Microfluidic Systems,” Ph.D. thesis, Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University , Taiwan . [26] Surana , K. S. , Allu , S. , Tenpas , P. W. , and Reddy , J. N. , 2007 , “k-Version of Finite Element Method in Gas...

... electroosmotic flows, heating by viscous dissipation is often much less than Joule heating, viscous dissipation need not to be taken into account when designing most microfluidic systems. Yet, especially in biofluidic applications, a temperature shift can be detrimental, since biomolecules or cells are often...

...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...

.... , and Crawford , M. E. , 2000 , Convective Heat and Mass Transfer , McGraw-Hill , New York . 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...

... 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...

... microfluidics pipe flow two-phase flow 13 04 2010 01 12 2010 03 02 2011 03 02 2011 2011 American Society of Mechanical Engineers ...

... 01 2010 06 01 2011 06 01 2011 cantilevers heat transfer microfluidics thermal conductivity thermal conductance heated microcantilever photothermal heating atomic force microscope Microcantilever based devices have become ubiquitous since the invention...

... of the Microelectronics Heat Transfer Laboratory and Microfluidics Laboratory in the University of Waterloo for their help with the experimental setup. C concentration, M / m 3 I light intensity, W L length, m M magnification Re Reynolds number...

... transfer microfluidics molecular dynamics method phonons silicon thermal conductivity 08 05 2008 13 04 2010 23 07 2010 23 07 2010 2010 American Society of Mechanical Engineers ...

... 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...

.... 13 02 2009 12 11 2009 19 03 2010 19 03 2010 computational fluid dynamics microfluidics solid oxide fuel cells heat transfer in fuel cells solid oxide fuel cells computational fluid-dynamics hydrogen Solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) are characterized by high...

...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...

... compared with available correlations for submerged jet array heat transfer. 20 04 2009 18 09 2009 23 02 2010 23 02 2010 heat transfer jets Mach number microfluidics electronics cooling microscale jet heat transfer microjet microjet array Heat dissipation...