The nanosecond-laser-induced damage thresholds of gold, silver and gold-silver alloys of
various compositions in air and water have been measured for single-shot irradiation …

In many micro and nanoscale applications of thin film phase transition, identifying the
circumstances that allows stable liquid contact with a heated surface is critical. Using …

Transient heating of liquids upon a microheater surface manifests an exceedingly rapid
temperature escalation, inducing a pronounced superheating at the onset of nucleation …

Because of the effects of the nanostructure, phase change behaviors on flat and
nanostructured surfaces display distinct features. In this work, the molecular dynamics …

We present a highly miniaturized sensor for performing accurate on-chip detection of gas
equilibration (bubble point) pressures in liquids, which is manufactured using low-cost batch …

Explosive evaporation occurs when a liquid is exposed to extremely high heat-fluxes. Within
a few microseconds a bubble in the form vapour film is generated, followed by rapid growth …

Explosive evaporation occurs when a thin layer of liquid reaches a temperature close to the
critical temperature in a very short time. At these temperatures spontaneous nucleation takes …

Tin with its low melting point and vapor pressure is a good model material to investigate
laser ablation mechanisms under various ambient conditions. Here we measured the …

Boiling explosion phenomena are experimentally observed in various fields and are applied
in macro-and nano-fields. Analysis of boiling explosion has been recently conducted from a …

A Pt microheater (140× 100μm2) is fabricated on a glass wafer and enclosed in a silicon
microchannel of trapezoidal cross section by MEMS technology. With the aid of a high …