Keeping smartphones cool with gallium phase change material

Journal of Heat Transfer

Volumn 135, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Ge, Haoshan ^a   Li, Jing ^a,b  

^a TECHNICAL INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY   (China)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

electronic cooling; heat storage; liquid metal; mobile electronics; phase change material; thermal management

Indexed keywords

INTERNET ACCESS; LOW MELTING POINT; METAL CONTAINERS; MOBILE ELECTRONICS; PHASE CHANGE PHENOMENA; PHASE-CHANGE MATERIALS (PCMS); TEMPERATURE REGULATIONS; WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS;

DATA PROCESSING; ELECTRONIC COOLING; GALLIUM; HEAT STORAGE; LIQUID METALS; PERSONAL COMPUTERS; PROGRAM PROCESSORS; SILICA; SMARTPHONES; TEMPERATURE CONTROL; UBIQUITOUS COMPUTING; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS;

EID: 84877597176     PISSN: 00221481     EISSN: 15288943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4023392     Document Type: Article

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