Gas assisted thin-film evaporation from confined spaces

A novel cooling mechanism based on evaporation of thin liquid films is presented for thermal management of confined heat sources, such as microprocessor hotspots. The underlying idea involves utilization of thin nanoporous membranes for maintaining microscopically thin liquid films by capillary acti...

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Main Author: Narayanan, Shankar
Published: Georgia Institute of Technology 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1853/42780