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Thermal properties of PEG/MOF-5 regularized nanoporous composite phase change materials: A molecular dynamics simulation (2021)
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In this paper, a metal-organic framework MOF-5 loaded polyethylene glycol (PEG) nanowire was used to form composite phase change material PEG/MOF-5. The molecular dynamics method was used to simulate the thermal conductivity, melting point and latent... Read More about Thermal properties of PEG/MOF-5 regularized nanoporous composite phase change materials: A molecular dynamics simulation.

Polyethylene glycol phase change material embedded in a hierarchical porous carbon with superior thermal storage capacity and excellent stability (2021)
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Hierarchical porous materials are recommended to trade off the mismatch between high loading and efficient crystallization in pore-based composite phase change materials (PCMs), coupling the functions of expanded pores (mesopores and macropores) alon... Read More about Polyethylene glycol phase change material embedded in a hierarchical porous carbon with superior thermal storage capacity and excellent stability.

Experimental and kinetic study on the laminar burning speed, Markstein length and cellular instability of oxygenated fuels (2021)
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The laminar burning speed, Markstein length and cellular instability of three oxygenated fuels, polyoxymethylene dimethyl ether 3 (PODE3), dimethyl carbonate (DMC) and n-butanol (NB), were experimentally studied using spherical flame propagation meth... Read More about Experimental and kinetic study on the laminar burning speed, Markstein length and cellular instability of oxygenated fuels.

A discussion for the formation of cassie droplet on nanostructured surface using molecular dynamics simulation (2021)
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Plasmonic Optical Tweezers for Particle Manipulation: Principles, Methods, and Applications (2021)
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Inspired by the idea of combining conventional optical tweezers with plasmonic nanostructures, a technique named plasmonic optical tweezers (POT) has been widely explored from fundamental principles to applications. With the ability to break the diff... Read More about Plasmonic Optical Tweezers for Particle Manipulation: Principles, Methods, and Applications.

Melting and thermodynamic properties of nanoscale binary chloride salt as high-temperature energy storage material (2021)
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Phase change heat transfer in nanoporous shape-stabilised phase change materials (ss-PCMs) is of great importance for the efficient utilization of novel energy storage materials. However, the lack of thermodynamic properties hinders the study on phas... Read More about Melting and thermodynamic properties of nanoscale binary chloride salt as high-temperature energy storage material.

Wet steam flow and condensation loss in turbine blade cascades (2021)
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This study develops a wet steam modelling to solve the phase change process inside the blade cascade of a steam turbine. The comparative study is carried out to understand the impact of the dry gas model and wet steam model on predicting the flow beh... Read More about Wet steam flow and condensation loss in turbine blade cascades.

Numerical investigation of heat transfer and flow characteristics of a double-wall cooling structure: Reverse circular jet impingement (2021)
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Numerical investigation on the dynamic response characteristics of a thermoelectric generator module under transient temperature excitations (2021)
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In this work, a three-dimensional transient numerical model of a thermoelectric generator module considering the temperature-dependent properties and the topological connection of load resistance is proposed to study its dynamic response characterist... Read More about Numerical investigation on the dynamic response characteristics of a thermoelectric generator module under transient temperature excitations.

Anisotropic scattering characteristics of nanoparticles in different morphologies: improving the temperature uniformity of tumors during thermal therapy using forward scattering (2021)
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Precise control of the thermal damage area is the key issue during thermal therapy, which can be achieved by manipulating the light propagation in biological tissue. In the present work, a method is proposed to increase the uniformity of the specific... Read More about Anisotropic scattering characteristics of nanoparticles in different morphologies: improving the temperature uniformity of tumors during thermal therapy using forward scattering.

Thermophysical characteristics and enhancement analysis of carbon-additives phase change mono and hybrid materials for thermal management of electronic devices (2021)
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Investigation on the droplet evaporation process on local heated substrates with different wettability (2020)
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Marangoni effect is one of the critical factors in the droplet evaporation process, which is caused by surface tension gradient in the droplet interface. In this study, local heating is adopted to provide a more complicated temperature distribution o... Read More about Investigation on the droplet evaporation process on local heated substrates with different wettability.

The effects of bio-inspired micro/nano scale structures on anti-icing properties (2020)
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Ice formation and accumulation have detrimental effects on commercial surfaces and people's lives. The ice adhesion strength decreases with increasing surface hydrophobicity, and the superhydrophobicity of a surface can be constructed by a combinatio... Read More about The effects of bio-inspired micro/nano scale structures on anti-icing properties.

Development of TiO2/RT–35HC based nanocomposite phase change materials (NCPCMs) for thermal management applications (2020)
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This experimental study covers the development of novel nanocomposite phase change materials (NCPCMs) based on RT–35HC as a phase change material (PCM) and titanium oxide (TiO2) as thermal conductivity enhancement material, for thermal management app... Read More about Development of TiO2/RT–35HC based nanocomposite phase change materials (NCPCMs) for thermal management applications.

Thermal Management of Electrified Propulsion System for Low-Carbon Vehicles (2020)
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An overview of current thermal challenges in transport electrification is introduced in order to underpin the research developments and trends of recent thermal management techniques. Currently, explorations of intelligent thermal management and cont... Read More about Thermal Management of Electrified Propulsion System for Low-Carbon Vehicles.

Passive control of temperature distribution in cancerous tissue during photothermal therapy using optical phase change nanomaterials (2020)
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Thermal therapy is a very promising alternative treatment for benign tumor, in which the temperature control is a key issue to avoid unwanted thermal damage of healthy tissue. However, the active temperature control methods usually require the assist... Read More about Passive control of temperature distribution in cancerous tissue during photothermal therapy using optical phase change nanomaterials.

Thermal Analyses of Power Electronics Integrated with Vapour Chamber Cooling (2020)
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Insulated gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) power module is used for power switching transistor devices in the power supply and motor control circuits in both hybrid electric vehicles and electric vehicles. The target of heat flux of IGBT is continuousl... Read More about Thermal Analyses of Power Electronics Integrated with Vapour Chamber Cooling.

Direct Phase-Change Cooling of Vapor Chamber Integrated With IGBT Power Electronic Module for Automotive Application (2020)
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In electric vehicles and hybrid electric vehicles, IGBT power module trends to dissipate higher heat flux due to increased power rating and reduced package size. An inefficient cooling method will result in stringent thermal reliability problems. The... Read More about Direct Phase-Change Cooling of Vapor Chamber Integrated With IGBT Power Electronic Module for Automotive Application.

Using mesoporous carbon to pack polyethylene glycol as a shape-stabilized phase change material with excellent energy storage capacity and thermal conductivity (2020)
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A novel shape-stabilized phase change material was successfully prepared using polyethylene glycol (PEG) as PCM and mesoporous carbon FDU-15 as support via the melting impregnation method. The structural and thermal properties of materials were measu... Read More about Using mesoporous carbon to pack polyethylene glycol as a shape-stabilized phase change material with excellent energy storage capacity and thermal conductivity.

Thermophysical characteristics and application of metallic-oxide based mono and hybrid nanocomposite phase change materials for thermal management systems (2020)
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This experimental study covers the chemical, physical, thermal characterization and application of novel nanocomposite phase change materials (NCPCMs) dispersed by TiO2, Al2O3, and CuO nanoparticles for thermal management systems. A commercial-grade... Read More about Thermophysical characteristics and application of metallic-oxide based mono and hybrid nanocomposite phase change materials for thermal management systems.