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dc.contributor.authorMurshed, SM Sohel
dc.contributor.authorTan, Say Hwa
dc.contributor.authorNguyen, Nam Trung
dc.contributor.authorWong, Teck Neng
dc.contributor.authorYobas, Levent
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T12:44:59Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T12:44:59Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.date.modified2014-08-11T00:42:51Z
dc.identifier.issn1613-4982
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s10404-008-0323-3
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/62092
dc.description.abstractThis paper reports experimental investigations on the droplet formation and size manipulation of deionized water (DIW) and nanofluids in a microfluidic T-junction at different temperatures. Investigations of the effect of microchannel depths on the droplet formation process showed that the smaller the depth of the channel the larger the increase of droplet size with temperature. Sample nanofluids were prepared by dispersing 0.1 volume percentage of titanium dioxide (TiO2) nanoparticles of 15 nm and 10 nm נ40 nm in DIW for their droplet formation experiments. The heater temperature also affects the droplet formation process. Present results demonstrate that nanofluids exhibit different characteristics in droplet formation with the temperature. Addition of spherical-shaped TiO2 (15 nm) nanoparticles in DIW results in much smaller droplet size compared to the cylindrical-shaped TiO2 (10 nm נ40 nm) nanoparticles. Besides changing the interfacial properties of based fluid, nanoparticles can influence the droplet formation of nanofluids by introducing interfacial slip at the interface. Other than nanofluid with cylindrical-shaped nanoparticles, the droplet size was found to increase with increasing temperature.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
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dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherSpringer
dc.publisher.placeGermany
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom253
dc.relation.ispartofpageto259
dc.relation.ispartofissue2
dc.relation.ispartofjournalMicrofluidics and Nanofluidics
dc.relation.ispartofvolume6
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchMechanical engineering
dc.subject.fieldofresearchEngineering practice and education not elsewhere classified
dc.subject.fieldofresearchNanotechnology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchFluid mechanics and thermal engineering
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4017
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode401099
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4018
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4012
dc.titleMicrodroplet formation of water and nanofluids in heat-induced microfluidic T-junction
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
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gro.griffith.authorNguyen, Nam-Trung
gro.griffith.authorTan, Say Hwa H.


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