Liquid film thickness is a dominant feature for understanding boiling heat transfer
mechanism in microscale slug flow. Flow boiling in circular microchannels has been …

Thin film evaporation is the dominant mechanism of heat transfer in the microchannel flow
boiling process. Hence, its understanding is paramount to development of predictive models …

Microchannel heat exchangers play a critical role in development of more efficient and
environmentally friendly energy systems. Thus, understanding the underlying physics that …

Currently, many microchips must rely on an external force (such as syringe pump, electro-
hydrodynamic pump, and peristaltic pump, etc.) to control the solution in the microchannels …

The annular flow regime in microchannels is commonly described as the steady flow of a
vapor core with a surrounding liquid film along the channel length. However, limited studies …

Transition from elongated bubbles to annular flow regime is one of the most intricate
phenomena in flow boiling in microchannels. To identify this transition, flow regime maps …

Capillary-driven evaporation of liquids play an important role in the thermal management of
electronic devices. The recently developed nano-porous evaporator supported by …

On microfluidic platform, sample concentration plays a crucial role in on-chip detection,
analysis and synthesis, etc. Evaporation-induced solvent removal is frequently applied to …

The formation of thin liquid films around an elongated bubble moving in a capillary is
pertinent to many applications. However, development of a theoretical model for the film …

In this study, a novel approach for enhancing the rapid spreading of free liquid film on lithium
niobate (LiNbO 3) substrate under megahertz (MHz) surface acoustic wave (SAW) excitation …