Experimental study of a low-cost reversible thermal diode for advanced heat manipulation

Boiling heat transfer on superhydrophilic, superhydrophobic, and superbiphilic surfaces

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Heat transfer characteristics of a two-phase closed thermosyphon

Baghban, S. H. N. (2004) · Applied Thermal Engineering · doi:10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2004.06.019 · Cited by 319

Separating small amount of water and hydrophobic solvents by novel superhydrophobic copper meshes

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Enabling Highly Effective Boiling from Superhydrophobic Surfaces

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Thermal rectification at silicon-amorphous polyethylene interface

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Experimental investigations of heat transfer from an internally finned two phase closed thermosyphon

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Giant Thermal Rectification from Polyethylene Nanofiber Thermal Diodes

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Thermal performance of an internally finned two phase closed thermosyphon with refrigerant R134a: A combined experimental and numerical study

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Numerical study of a novel Single-loop pulsating heat pipe with separating walls within the flow channel

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Thermophysical characterisation of VO2 thin films hysteresis and its application in thermal rectification

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Optimising building heat load prediction using advanced control strategies and Artificial Intelligence for HVAC system

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A phase-change thermal diode using electrostatic-induced coalescing-jumping droplets

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Design and thermal performance of thermal diode based on the asymmetric flow resistance in vapor channel

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Experimental investigations of the thermal performance of self-rewetting fluids in internally finned wickless heat pipes

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Laboratory investigation of the efficiency optimization of an inclined two-phase closed thermosyphon in ambient cool energy utilization

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Conductive thermal diode based on the thermal hysteresis of VO2 and nitinol

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Theoretical and experimental analysis of a horizontal planar Liquid-Vapour Thermal Diode (PLVTD)

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Experimental and theoretical study of a water-vapor chamber thermal diode

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Bridging‐Droplet Thermal Diodes

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An Experimental Investigation of the Heat Transfer Performance of an Oscillating Heat Pipe With Copper Oxide (CuO) Microstructure Layer on the Inner Surface

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Numerical study of single-loop pulsating heat pipe with porous wicking layer

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Very large thermal rectification in bulk composites consisting partly of icosahedral quasicrystals

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Comparative study on the annual performance between loop thermosyphon solar water heating system and conventional solar water heating system

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Development of novel thermal diode based on improved check valve and modified wick structure

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Squid‐like soft heat pipe for multiple heat transport

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Experimental study on the effect of graphene and Al2O3 nanofluids in a miniature flat heat pipe

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Thermal rectification in a polymer-functionalized single-wall carbon nanotube

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Conceptualization of a novel battery thermal management system based on capillary-driven evaporative cooling

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Reversible thermal diode and energy harvester with a superconducting quantum interference single-electron transistor

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Experimental investigation on the heat transfer performance of pulsating heat pipe with self-rewetting Fe3O4-nanofluid

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Heat conduction and reversed thermal diode: The interface effect

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Heat-pipe-based tunable multimode horizontal thermal rectifier

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Composite filament with super high effective thermal conductivity

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A novel triple-diameter pulsating heat pipe: Flow regimes and heat transfer performance

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THE DYNAMIC BEHAVIOR OF A BAYONET-TYPE THERMAL DIODE

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Cavity structure-based active controllable thermal switch for battery thermal management

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Micro thermal diode with glass thermal insulation structure embedded in a vapor chamber

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The thermal diode and insulating potentials of a vertical stack of parallelogrammic air-filled enclosures

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Solid state thermal rectification by chemical pressure tuning of magnetic properties in perovskites

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Experimental studies on the transient characteristics and start-up behaviour of a miniature loop heat pipe

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Design and experimental analysis of a novel thermal diode with asymmetric heat transfer inspired by feather

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Thermal rectifiers: Physical mechanisms and potential applications in buildings

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Thermal Diode Films with Liquid Crystal Elastomer Microstructures

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Design and thermal performance of novel thermal diode with three-dimensional wedge-shaped liquid channel

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Development of novel thermal diode inspired by the structure of venous valve

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Heat-pipe-based tunable multimode horizontal thermal rectifier

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Development of novel thermal diode based on improved check valve and modified wick structure

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High-Performance Planar Thermal Diode With Wickless Components

Damoulakis, G., Gukeh, M. J., Koukoravas, T. P., & Megaridis, C. M. (2021) · Journal of Electronic Packaging · doi:10.1115/1.4051467 · Cited by 21

Design and thermal performance of novel thermal diode with three-dimensional wedge-shaped liquid channel

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