The Knudsen pump (KP) is a kind of micro-pump that can form thermally induced flows
induced by temperature fields in rarefied gas environments. It has the advantages of having …

This work reports investigation on the deposition and evaluation of an aluminum-doped zinc
oxide (AZO) thin film and its novel applications to micro-and nano-devices. The AZO thin film …

Thermal transpiration pumping in multistage assemblies is computationally investigated.
Each stage is formed by combining in series-long microchannels with (a) uniform–uniform …

Thermometry techniques have been widely developed during the last decades to analyze
thermal properties of various fluid flows. Following the increasing interest for microfluidic …

This work demonstrates thermal-to-electric energy conversion based on ionic nanofluidic
transport in nanochannels inducted by a temperature gradient. Two types of highly periodic …

The behavior of the rarefied gas in the thermal transpiration pump with the porous material is
investigated numerically by the direct simulation Monte Carlo method. The mass flux …

The multistage hydrogen Knudsen pump based on the thermal transpiration effect has
exciting application prospects for hydrogen transport in the micro-power system. The …

In Knudsen pumps with geometric configuration of rectangle, gas flows are induced by
temperature gradients along channel walls. In this paper, the direct simulation Monte Carlo …

This paper reports the design, microfabrication, and experimental evaluation of a monolithic
Si-micromachined four-stage Knudsen pump (KP) suitable for microscale gas …

Knudsen micropumps are micropumps without any moving part, which are also known as
thermal transpiration micropumps or Knudsen compressors. They are able to pump gases …