Technical Proceedings of the 2010 NSTI Nanotechnology Conference & Expo - Nanotech 2010
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Nanotech 2010 Vol. 1
Chapter 4: Nanostructured Coatings, Surfaces & Films
Tunable Wetting of Titanium and Gold Based Wicking Materials
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| Authors: | C. Ding |
| Affiliation: | University of California, Santa Barbara, US |
| Pages: | 616 - 619 |
| Keywords: | superwetting, NST, titanium, cooling, heat pipe |
| Abstract: | We quantitatively report the experimental super-wetting results of wicking materials fabricated with bulk titanium micromachining, nano-scale surface modification and gold plating techniques. The results show all the four samples are completely wettable with water but with different wetting velocity profiles. This indicates that the a wicking material can be designed and/or modified to provide tunable wettability for the design needs of micro-fluid based cooling systems such as a thin and flat heat pipe. |
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