Electric-field-enhanced condensation on superhydrophobic nanostructured surfaces

ACS Nano

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 11043-11054

  Miljkovic, Nenad ^a   Preston, Daniel J ^a   Enright, Ryan ^a,b,c   Wang, Evelyn N ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

condensation; droplet charging; electric field; heat transfer enhancement; nanostructured design; superhydrophobic; vapor entrainment; wetting

Indexed keywords

CONDENSATION HEAT TRANSFER; CONDENSATION HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; CONDENSATION HEAT TRANSFER ENHANCEMENT; HEAT TRANSFER ENHANCEMENT; NANO-STRUCTURED; NANOSTRUCTURED SURFACE; SUPERHYDROPHOBIC; VAPOR ENTRAINMENT;

CONDENSATION; ELECTRIC FIELDS; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; HYDROPHOBICITY; KINETICS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; VAPORS; WETTING;

DROPS;

EID: 84891348102     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn404707j     Document Type: Article

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