no code implementations • 19 Oct 2020 • An Zou, Sajag Poudel, Shalabh C. Maroo
Experiments of water wicking in 1D silicon-dioxide nanochannels of heights 59 nm, 87 nm, 124 nm and 1015 nm are used to estimate the disjoining pressure of water which was found to be as high as ~1. 5 MPa while exponentially decreasing with increasing channel height.
Fluid Dynamics Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics Applied Physics
no code implementations • 29 Sep 2020 • Sajag Poudel, An Zou, Shalabh Chandra Maroo
The experimental findings are applied to evaluate the use of porous nanochannels geometry in spray cooling application, and is found to be capable of dissipating high heat fluxes upto ~77 W/cm2 at temperatures below nucleation, thus highlighting the thermal management potential of fabricated geometry.
Applied Physics Fluid Dynamics
