Characterization of dispersed and aggregated Al2O3 morphologies for predicting nanofluid thermal conductivities

Journal of Nanoparticle Research

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Feng, Xuemei ^a   Johnson, Drew W ^a  

^a The University of Texas at San Antonio   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Aspect ratio; Nanofluids; Thermal conductivity

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; ALUMINA; ALUMINUM OXIDE; ASPECT RATIO; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; FRACTAL DIMENSION; LIGHT SCATTERING; NANOFLUIDICS; NANOPARTICLES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

AGGREGATED MORPHOLOGY; AGGREGATION MORPHOLOGY; EFFECTIVE MEDIUM THEORIES; ENHANCED THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; NANOFLUIDS; NANOPARTICLE AGGREGATION; PARTICLE MORPHOLOGIES; STATIC LIGHT SCATTERING;

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF LIQUIDS;

ALUMINUM OXIDE;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DISPERSION; IMAGING; LIGHT SCATTERING; NANOFLUIDICS; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 84879802136     PISSN: 13880764     EISSN: 1572896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11051-013-1718-y     Document Type: Article

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