Enhanced capillarity in microchannels coated with nanoscale porous titanium dioxide

Bo Zhang, Min Zhang, Tao Zhang, Tianhong Cui

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Abstract

The enhanced capillarity in microchannels coated with nanoscale porous titanium dioxide (TiO2) by liquid phase deposition (LPD) is presented in this letter. To characterize the capillarity, the position of meniscus flow as a function of time was measured under calcinations and lightproof storage. The results from six groups of microchannels with the same width but different heights demonstrate that the porous surface of a titanium dioxide film enhances the capillarity stability significantly when the pore size is in the same order of magnitude to the channel height. This effect decreases as the channel height increases.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationFluids and Thermal Systems; Advances for Process Industries
PublisherAmerican Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Pages1147-1151
Number of pages5
EditionPARTS A AND B
ISBN (Print)9780791854921
DOIs
StatePublished - 2011
EventASME 2011 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, IMECE 2011 - Denver, CO, United States
Duration: Nov 11 2011Nov 17 2011

Publication series

NameASME 2011 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, IMECE 2011
NumberPARTS A AND B
Volume6

Other

OtherASME 2011 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, IMECE 2011
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityDenver, CO
Period11/11/1111/17/11

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