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Microfluidics of nano-drug delivery
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In this article, the transient 3D problem of controlled nano-drug delivery in a heated microchannel has been numerically solved to gain new physical insight and to determine suitable geometric and operational system parameters.About:
This article is published in International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer.The article was published on 2008-11-01. It has received 215 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Microchannel & Microfluidics.read more
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A review of the applications of nanofluids in solar energy
TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated the effects of nanofluids on the performance of solar collectors and solar water heaters from the efficiency, economic and environmental considerations viewpoints, and made some suggestions to use the nanoparticles in different solar thermal systems such as photovoltaic/thermal systems, solar ponds, solar thermoelectric cells, and so on.
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Applications of Nanofluids: Current and Future:
Kaufui V. Wong,Omar De Leon +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors describe suspensions of nanoparticles in fluids that show significant enhancement of their properties at modest nanoparticle concentrations, i.e., at nanoparticles' concentrations.
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Thermal instability in a porous medium layer saturated by a nanofluid
TL;DR: In this article, the onset of convection in a horizontal layer of a porous medium saturated by a nanofluid is studied analytically, and it is found that the critical thermal Rayleigh number can be reduced or increased by a substantial amount depending on whether the basic nanoparticle distribution is top-heavy or bottom-heavy, by the presence of the nanoparticles.
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Numerical study of forced convective heat transfer of nanofluids: comparison of different approaches
TL;DR: In this paper, a two-phase Eulerian model has been implemented for the first time to study a forced convective of a nanofluid that consists of water and Al2O3 in horizontal tubes.
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Experimental studies of nanofluid thermal conductivity enhancement and applications: A review
TL;DR: In this article, a brief overview of evolution in the use of nanofluids in some applications has been presented, and enhancements recorded experimentally are reviewed and summarized, including: nanoparticle concentration, size, shape and thermal conductivity.
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Engineering flows in small devices
TL;DR: An overview of flows in microdevices with focus on electrokinetics, mixing and dispersion, and multiphase flows is provided, highlighting topics important for the description of the fluid dynamics: driving forces, geometry, and the chemical characteristics of surfaces.
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Conceptions for heat transfer correlation of nanofluids
Yimin Xuan,Wilfried Roetzel +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors proposed two different approaches for deriving heat transfer correlation of the nanofluid, and investigated the mechanism of heat transfer enhancement of the nano-fluid.
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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.
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