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Dispersion behavior and thermal conductivity characteristics of Al2O3–H2O nanofluids
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In this paper, Al2O3-H2O nanofluids were synthesized, their dispersion behaviors and thermal conductivity in water were investigated under different pH values and different sodium dodecylbenzenesulfonate (SDBS) concentration.About:
This article is published in Current Applied Physics.The article was published on 2009-01-01. It has received 443 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Nanofluid & Thermal conductivity.read more
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A review on nanofluids: preparation, stability mechanisms, and applications
Wei Yu,Huaqing Xie +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors summarized the recent progress on the study of nanofluids, such as the preparation methods, the evaluation methods for the stability of nanometrics, and the ways to enhance the stability for nanofl fluids, and presented the broad range of current and future applications in various fields including energy and mechanical and biomedical fields.
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A review of nanofluid stability properties and characterization in stationary conditions
TL;DR: In this article, the stability of nanofluids is discussed as it has a major role in heat transfer enhancement for further possible applications, and general stabilization methods as well as various types of instruments for stability inspection.
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A review on development of nanofluid preparation and characterization
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors summarize recent development in research on synthesis and characterization of stationary nanofluids and try to find some challenging issues that need to be solved for future research.
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Thermal conductivity and structure of non-covalent functionalized graphene/epoxy composites
Chih-Chun Teng,Chen-Chi M. Ma,Chu-Hua Lu,Shin-Yi Yang,Shie-Heng Lee,Min-Chien Hsiao,Ming-Yu Yen,Kuo-Chan Chiou,Tzong-Ming Lee +8 more
TL;DR: In this paper, non-covalent functionalization was used to functionalize graphene nanosheets (GNSs) through ππ stacking of pyrene molecules with a functional segmented polymer chain, which results in a remarkable improvement in the thermal conductivity of GNS-filled polymer composites.
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Experimental and theoretical studies of nanofluid thermal conductivity enhancement: a review
Clement Kleinstreuer,Yu Feng +1 more
TL;DR: Focusing mainly on dilute suspensions of well-dispersed spherical nanoparticles in water or ethylene glycol, recent experimental observations, associated measurement techniques, and new theories as well as useful correlations have been reviewed.
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Anomalously increased effective thermal conductivities of ethylene glycol-based nanofluids containing copper nanoparticles
TL;DR: In this paper, it was shown that a "nanofluid" consisting of copper nanometer-sized particles dispersed in ethylene glycol has a much higher effective thermal conductivity than either pure or pure glycol or even polyethylene glycol containing the same volume fraction of dispersed oxide nanoparticles.
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TL;DR: The structure of concentrated dispersions thin films Emulsions Microemulsions Rheology of colloidal dispersions and their properties are described in detail in this paper, with a focus on statistical mechanics of fluids.
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Measuring Thermal Conductivity of Fluids Containing Oxide Nanoparticles
TL;DR: In this paper, a transient hot-wire method was used to measure the thermal conductivity of a small amount of nanoparticles and the experimental results showed that these nanoparticles have substantially higher thermal conductivities than the same liquids without nanoparticles.
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Heat transfer enhancement of nanofluids
Yimin Xuan,Qiang Li +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a procedure for preparing a nanofluid which is a suspension consisting of nanophase powders and a base liquid, and their TEM photographs are given to illustrate the stability and evenness of suspension.
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Temperature dependence of thermal conductivity enhancement for nanofluids
TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated the increase of thermal conductivity with temperature for nano fluids with water as base fluid and particles of Al 2 O 3 or CuO as suspension material.