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Assessment of Nanostructured Capillary Wicks for Passive Two-Phase Heat Transport

Ram Ranjan School of Mechanical Engineering and Birck Nanotechnology Center, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA
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Suresh V. Garimella School of Mechanical Engineering and Birck Nanotechnology Center, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Jayathi Y. Murthy School of Mechanical Engineering and Birck Nanotechnology Center, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA
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Kazuaki Yazawa University of California, Santa Cruz, California, USA
Pages 179-194 | Received 22 Jul 2010, Accepted 12 Jun 2011, Published online: 04 Aug 2011

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