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A Review of Heat Transfer Physics

V. P. Carey Mechanical Engineering Department, University of Californian, Berkeley, California, USA
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G. Chen Mechanical Engineering Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
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C. Grigoropoulos Mechanical Engineering Department, University of Californian, Berkeley, California, USA; Materials Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA
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M. Kaviany Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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A. Majumdar Mechanical Engineering Department, University of Californian, Berkeley, California, USA; Materials Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA
Pages 1-60 | Published online: 04 Jun 2008

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