Tunable Wetting of Titanium and Gold Based Wicking Materials

	Nanotech 2010 Vol. 1 Nanotechnology 2010: Advanced Materials, CNTs, Particles, Films and Composites Chapter 4: Nanostructured Coatings, Surfaces & Films
	Tunable Wetting of Titanium and Gold Based Wicking Materials
Authors:	C. Ding
Affilation:	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.
ISBN:	978-1-4398-3401-5
Pages:	976
Hardcopy:	$189.95

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