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Effect of clustering on the thermal conductivity of nanofluids
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In this article, a simple precipitation technique was used to synthesize 8 nm CuO nanoparticles of average diameter 8 nm and the authors studied the thermal properties of the suspensions and found that the thermal conductivity increases nonlinearly with the volume fraction of nanoparticles.About:
This article is published in Materials Chemistry and Physics.The article was published on 2008-05-15. It has received 280 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Nanofluid & Thermal conductivity.read more
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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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Investigation of thermal conductivity and viscosity of ethylene glycol based ZnO nanofluid
TL;DR: In this paper, thermal transport properties including thermal conductivity and viscosity of ZnO-EG-based nanofluids were measured, and the results showed that the thermal conductivities of these nanoflugs are independent of setting time from 20 to 360 min.
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Review on thermal properties of nanofluids: Recent developments.
S. A. Angayarkanni,John Philip +1 more
TL;DR: The preparation of nanofluids by various techniques, methods of stabilization, stability measurement techniques, thermal conductivity and heat capacity studies, proposed mechanisms of heat transport, theoretical models on thermal Conductivity, factors influencing k and the effect of nanoinclusions in PCM are discussed in this review.
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The effect of nano-additives in diesel-biodiesel fuel blends: A comprehensive review on stability, engine performance and emission characteristics
Manzoore Elahi M. Soudagar,N. Nik-Ghazali,Md. Abul Kalam,Irfan Anjum Badruddin,Nagaraj R. Banapurmath,Naveed Akram +5 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors summarized the literature from most recent articles on nanoparticles as a liquid fuel additive and discussed the effect of dispersion of several nanoparticles on the enhancement in the performance characteristics and reduction in emission of a CI engine fuelled with diesel-biodiesel blends.
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A Review on Nanofluids: Fabrication, Stability, and Thermophysical Properties
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors summarize the current progress on the study of nanofluids, such as the fabrication procedures, stability evaluation mechanism, stability enhancement procedures, and current commercialisation challenges.
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Nanostructured materials for advanced energy conversion and storage devices
Antonino S. Aricò,Peter G. Bruce,Bruno Scrosati,Jean-Marie Tarascon,Jean-Marie Tarascon,Walter van Schalkwijk +5 more
TL;DR: This review describes some recent developments in the discovery of nanoelectrolytes and nanoeLECTrodes for lithium batteries, fuel cells and supercapacitors and the advantages and disadvantages of the nanoscale in materials design for such devices.
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Investigation on Convective Heat Transfer and Flow Features of Nanofluids
Yimin Xuan,Qiang Li +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, an innovative new class of heat transfer fluids can be engineered by suspending metallic nanoparticles in conventional heat-transfer fluids, which are expected to exhibit high thermal conductivities compared to those of currently used heat transfer fluid, and they represent the best hope for enhancing heat transfer.
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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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Anomalous thermal conductivity enhancement in nanotube suspensions
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors have produced nanotube-in-oil suspensions and measured their effective thermal conductivity, which is anomalously greater than theoretical predictions and is nonlinear with nanotubes loadings.
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Exploitation of Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance
Eliza Hutter,Janos H. Fendler +1 more
TL;DR: A survey of the most common methods of preparation and arraying of materials with localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR), and of the optical manifestations of LSPR can be found in this article.