Design of integrated nanostructured wicks for high-performance vapor chambers

IEEE Transactions on Components, Packaging and Manufacturing Technology

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 859-867

  Weibel, Justin A ^a   Garimella, Suresh V ^a   Murthy, Jayathi Y ^a   Altman, David H ^b  

^a Purdue University   (United States)

^b RAYTHEON COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotube; evaporation; heat pipe; thermal resistance; vapor chamber; wick

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBE ARRAY; COOLING DEVICES; DENSE ARRAYS; EVAPORATIVE RESISTANCES; FLUID FLOW RESISTANCE; FLUID TRANSPORT; HEAT INPUT; NANO-STRUCTURED; PACKAGE RESISTANCE; PARAMETRIC STUDY; PHASE CHANGES; SINTERED MATERIALS; SINTERED POWDERS; VAPOR CHAMBER; WICK; WICK MATERIALS;

CAPILLARITY; CAPILLARY TUBES; CARBON NANOTUBES; EVAPORATION; EVAPORATORS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; HEAT PIPES; HEAT RESISTANCE; INTEGRATION; OPTIMIZATION; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SINTERING; VAPORS;

NANOSTRUCTURES;

EID: 80051507568     PISSN: 21563950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCPMT.2011.2132721     Document Type: Article

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