Characterization of the heat transfer accompanying electrowetting or gravity-induced droplet motion

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 54, Issue 17-18, 2011, Pages 4037-4050

  Kumari, Niru ^a   Garimella, Suresh V ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Droplet motion; Electrowetting; Heat transfer

Indexed keywords

CONVECTION PATTERNS; DETAILED MODELING; DROPLET MOTION; DROPLET TRANSPORT; DROPLET VELOCITY; DROPLET-BASED MICROFLUIDICS; ELECTROWETTING; EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; HEAT DISSIPATION; HEAT TRANSFER APPLICATIONS; HOT SURFACE; IN-DEPTH ANALYSIS; INFRARED THERMOGRAPHY; LIQUID DROPLETS; MICRO ELECTRONICS COOLING; NUMERICAL MODELS; PARALLEL PLATES; TEMPERATURE PROFILES; THERMAL ANALYSIS; THERMAL TRANSPORT; TRANSIENT NUMERICAL SIMULATION; TRANSIENT TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTIONS;

COOLING SYSTEMS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; MICROELECTRONICS; THERMOANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; WETTING;

DROPS;

EID: 79957985591     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2011.04.015     Document Type: Article

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