Birck Nanotechnology Center

BNC/NCN affiliated publications

Energy Conversion & Heat Transfer

2011

Chen, T.L. and Garimella, S.V. Local heat transfer distribution and effect of instabilities during flow boiling in a silicon microchannel heat sink. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 54(15-16), 3179-3190.

Harirchian, T. and Garimella, S.V. Boiling Heat Transfer and Flow Regimes in Microchannels-A Comprehensive Understanding. Journal of Electronic Packaging, 133(1).

Hodson, S.L., Bhuvana, T., Cola, B.A., Xu, X.F., Kulkarni, G.U. and Fisher, T.S. Palladium Thiolate Bonding of Carbon Nanotube Thermal Interfaces. Journal of Electronic Packaging, 133(2).

Huang, Z., Fisher, T. and Murthy, J. An atomistic study of thermal conductance across a metal-graphene nanoribbon interface. Journal of Applied Physics, 109(7).

Kumari, N. and Garimella, S.V. Characterization of the heat transfer accompanying electrowetting or gravity-induced droplet motion. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 54(17-18), 4037-4050.

Migliaccio, C.P., Dhavaleswarapu, H.K. and Garimella, S.V. Temperature measurements near the contact line of an evaporating meniscus V-groove. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 54(7-8), 1520-1526.

Migliaccio, C.P. and Garimella, S.V. Evaporative heat and mass transfer from the free surface of a liquid wicked into a bed of spheres. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 54(15-16), 3440-3447.

Ranjan, R., Murthy, J.Y. and Garimella, S.V. A microscale model for thin-film evaporation in capillary wick structures. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 54(1-3), 169-179.

Ranjan, R., Murthy, J.Y., Garimella, S.V. and Vadakkan, U. A numerical model for transport in flat heat pipes considering wick microstructure effects. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 54(1-3), 153-168.

Saha, B., Sands, T.D. and Waghmare, U.V. Electronic structure, vibrational spectrum, and thermal properties of yttrium nitride: A first-principles study. Journal of Applied Physics, 109(7).

Singh, D., Murthy, J.Y. and Fisher, T.S. Phonon Transport Across Mesoscopic Constrictions. Journal of Heat Transfer-Transactions of the Asme, 133(4).

Weibel, J.A., Garimella, S.V., Murthy, J.Y. and Altman, D.H. Design of Integrated Nanostructured Wicks for High-Performance Vapor Chambers. IEEE Transactions on Components Packaging and Manufacturing Technology, 1(6), 859-867.

 

2010

Allen, C.R., Jeon, J.H. and Woodall, J.M. Simulation assisted design of a gallium phosphide n-p photovoltaic junction. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 2010, 94(5), 865-868.

Bao, H. and Ruan, X.L. Ab initio calculations of thermal radiative properties: The semiconductor GaAs. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2010, 53(7-8), 1308-1312.

Chamarthy, P., Garimella, S.V. and Wereley, S.T. Measurement of the temperature non-uniformity in a microchannel heat sink using microscale laser-induced fluorescence. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2010, 53(15-16), 3275-3283.

Cross, R., Cola, B.A., Fisher, T., Xu, X.F., Gall, K. and Graham, S. A metallization and bonding approach for high performance carbon nanotube thermal interface materials. Nanotechnology, 2010, 21(44).

Ham, M.H., Choi, J.H., Boghossian, A.A., Jeng, E.S., Graff, R.A., Heller, D.A., Chang, A.C., Mattis, A., Bayburt, T.H., Grinkova, Y.V., Zeiger, A.S., Van Vliet, K.J., Hobbie, E.K., Sligar, S.G., Wraight, C.A. and Strano, M.S. Photoelectrochemical complexes for solar energy conversion that chemically and autonomously regenerate. Nature Chemistry, 2010, 2(11), 929-936.

Harirchian, T. and Garimella, S.V. A comprehensive flow regime map for microchannel flow boiling with quantitative transition criteria. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2010, 53(13-14), 2694-2702.

Iverson, B.D., Blendell, J.E. and Garimella, S.V. Note: Thermal analog to atomic force microscopy force-displacement measurements for nanoscale interfacial contact resistance. Review of Scientific Instruments, 2010, 81(3).

Kim, R., Jeong, C. and Lundstrom, M.S. On momentum conservation and thermionic emission cooling. Journal of Applied Physics, 2010, 107(5).

Kumari, N., Bahadur, V., Hodes, M., Salamon, T., Kolodner, P., Lyons, A. and Garimella, S.V. Analysis of evaporating mist flow for enhanced convective heat transfer. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2010, 53(15-16), 3346-3356.

McHale, J.P. and Garimella, S.V. Bubble nucleation characteristics in pool boiling of a wetting liquid on smooth and rough surfaces. International Journal of Multiphase Flow, 2010, 36(4), 249-260.

McHale, J.P. and Garimella, S.V. Heat transfer in trapezoidal microchannels of various aspect ratios. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2010, 53(1-3), 365-375.

Sayer, R.A., Kim, S., Franklin, A.D., Mohammadi, S. and Fisher, T.S. Shot Noise Thermometry for Thermal Characterization of Templated Carbon Nanotubes. IEEE Transactions on Components and Packaging Technologies, 2010, 33(1), 178-183.

Smith, K.C., Alam, M. and Fisher, T.S. Athermal jamming of soft frictionless Platonic solids. Physical Review E, 2010, 82(5).

Weibel, J.A., Garimella, S.V. and North, M.T. Characterization of evaporation and boiling from sintered powder wicks fed by capillary action. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2010, 53(19-20), 4204-4215.

Wildeson, I.H., Colby, R., Ewoldt, D.A., Liang, Z.W., Zakharov, D.N., Zaluzec, N.J., Garcia, R.E., Stach, E.A. and Sands, T.D. III-nitride nanopyramid light emitting diodes grown by organometallic vapor phase epitaxy (vol 108, 044303, 2010). Journal of Applied Physics, 2010, 108(7).

 

2009

Baxter, J., Bian, Z.X., Chen, G., Danielson, D., Dresselhaus, M.S., Fedorov, A.G., Fisher, T.S., Jones, C.W., Maginn, E., Kortshagen, U., Manthiram, A., Nozik, A., Rolison, D.R., Sands, T., Shi, L., Sholl, D. and Wu, Y.Y. Nanoscale design to enable the revolution in renewable energy. Energy & Environmental Science, 2009, 2(6), 559-588.

Biswas, K.G., Sands, T.D., Cola, B.A. and Xu, X.F. Thermal conductivity of bismuth telluride nanowire array-epoxy composite. Applied Physics Letters, 2009, 94(22).

Chuang, H.S. and Wereley, S. Design, fabrication and characterization of a conducting PDMS for microheaters and temperature sensors. Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, 2009, 19(4).

Go, D.B., Fisher, T.S. and Garimella, S.V. Direct simulation of ionization and ion transport for planar microscale ion generation devices. Journal of Physics D-Applied Physics, 2009, 42(5).

Wang, Y.G., Xu, X.F. and Yang, J.H. Resonant Oscillation of Misch-Metal Atoms in Filled Skutterudites. Physical Review Letters, 2009, 102(17).

Harirchian, T. and Garimella, S.V. Effects of channel dimension, heat flux, and mass flux on flow boiling regimes in microchannels. International Journal of Multiphase Flow, 2009, 35(4), 349-362.

Dhavaleswarapu, H.K., Garimella, S.V. and Murthy, J.Y. Microscale Temperature Measurements Near the Triple Line of an Evaporating Thin Liquid Film. Journal of Heat Transfer-Transactions of the Asme, 2009, 131(6).

Rawat, V., Koh, Y.K., Cahill, D.G. and Sands, T.D. Thermal conductivity of (Zr,W)N/ScN metal/semiconductor multilayers and superlattices. Journal of Applied Physics, 2009, 105(2).

Garimella, S.V. and Liu, D. Microscale Thermal Transport and Electromechanical Microfluidic Actuation. Journal of Enhanced Heat Transfer, 2009, 16(3), 237-266.

Harirchian, T. and Garimella, S.V. The critical role of channel cross-sectional area in microchannel flow boiling heat transfer. International Journal of Multiphase Flow, 2009, 35(10), 904-913.

Jones, B.J., McHale, J.P. and Garimella, S.V. The Influence of Surface Roughness on Nucleate Pool Boiling Heat Transfer. Journal of Heat Transfer-Transactions of the ASME, 2009, 131(12).

Ranjan, R., Murthy, J.Y. and Garimella, S.V. Analysis of the Wicking and Thin-Film Evaporation Characteristics of Microstructures. Journal of Heat Transfer-Transactions of the ASME, 2009, 131(10).

Kimber, M. and Garimella, S.V. Measurement and prediction of the cooling characteristics of a generalized vibrating piezoelectric fan. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2009, 52(19-20), 4470-4478.

Go, D.B., Fisher, T.S., Garimella, S.V. and Bahadur, V. Planar microscale ionization devices in atmospheric air with diamond-based electrodes. Plasma Sources Science & Technology, 2009, 18(3).

Cola, B.A., Xu, J. and Fisher, T.S. Contact mechanics and thermal conductance of carbon nanotube array interfaces. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2009, 52(15-16), 3490-3503.

Hu, J.N., Ruan, X.L. and Chen, Y.P. Thermal Conductivity and Thermal Rectification in Graphene Nanoribbons: A Molecular Dynamics Study. Nano Letters, 2009, 9(7), 2730-2735.

Mishra, H., Cola, B.A., Rawat, V., Amama, P.B., Biswas, K.G., Xu, X.F., Fisher, T.S. and Sands, T.D. Thermomechanical and Thermal Contact Characteristics of Bismuth Telluride Films Electrodeposited on Carbon Nanotube Arrays. Advanced Materials, 2009, 21(42), 4280-+.

Zebarjadi, M., Bian, Z.X., Singh, R., Shakouri, A., Wortman, R., Rawat, V. and Sands, T. Thermoelectric Transport in a ZrN/ScN Superlattice. Journal of Electronic Materials, 2009, 38(7), 960-963.

Zhang, X.R., Fisher, T.S., Raman, A. and Sands, T.D. LINEAR COEFFICIENT OF THERMAL EXPANSION OF POROUS ANODIC ALUMINA THIN FILMS FROM ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY. Nanoscale and Microscale Thermophysical Engineering, 2009, 13(4), 243-252.

Biswas, K.G., El Matbouly, H., Rawat, V., Schroeder, J.L. and Sands, T.D. Self-supporting nanowire arrays templated in sacrificial branched porous anodic alumina for thermoelectric devices. Applied Physics Letters, 2009, 95(7).

Chamarthy, P., Garimella, S.V. and Wereley, S.T. Non-intrusive temperature measurement using microscale visualization techniques. Experiments in Fluids, 2009, 47(1), 159-170.

Uppireddi, K., Westover, T.L., Fisher, T.S., Weiner, B.R. and Morell, G. Thermionic emission energy distribution from nanocrystalline diamond films for direct thermal-electrical energy conversion applications. Journal of Applied Physics, 2009, 106(4).

Bao, H., Habenicht, B.F., Prezhdo, O.V. and Ruan, X.L. Temperature dependence of hot-carrier relaxation in PbSe nanocrystals: An ab initio study. Physical Review B, 2009, 79(23).

Grau-Crespo, R., Smith, K.C., Fisher, T.S., de Leeuw, N.H. and Waghmare, U.V. Thermodynamics of hydrogen vacancies in MgH2 from first-principles calculations and grand-canonical statistical mechanics. Physical Review B, 2009, 80(17).

Khanikar, V., Mudawar, I. and Fisher, T. Effects of carbon nanotube coating on flow boiling in a micro-channel. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2009, 52(15-16), 3805-3817.

Khanikar, V., Mudawar, I. and Fisher, T.S. Flow Boiling in a Micro-Channel Coated With Carbon Nanotubes. IEEE Transactions on Components and Packaging Technologies, 2009, 32(3), 639-649.

Kim, R., Datta, S. and Lundstrom, M.S. Influence of dimensionality on thermoelectric device performance. Journal of Applied Physics, 2009, 105(3).

Westover, T.L., Franklin, A.D., Fisher, T.S., Reifenberger, R.G. PHOTO- AND THERMIONIC EMISSION FROM POTASSIUM-INTERCALATED SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBE ARRAYS. Proceedings of the 3rd Energy Nanotechnology International Conference, pp. 1-102009).

 

2008

Zhang, W., Mingo, N. and Fisher, T.S. Simulation of phonon transport across a non-polar nanowire junction using an atomistic Green's function method. Physical Review B, 2007, 76(19).

Amama, P.B., Lan, C., Cola, B.A., Xu, X., Reifenberger, R.G. and Fisher, T.S. Electrical and Thermal Interface Conductance of Carbon Nanotubes Grown under Direct Current Bias Voltage. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2008, 112(49), 19727-19733.

Elibol, O.H., Reddy, B. and Bashir, R. Localized heating and thermal characterization of high electrical resistivity silicon-on-insulator sensors using nematic liquid crystals. Applied Physics Letters, 2008, 93(13).

Do, K.H., Kim, S.J. and Garimella, S.V. A mathematical model for analyzing the thermal characteristics of a flat micro heat pipe with a grooved wick. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2008, 51(19-20), 4637-4650.

Guo, Q., Kim, S.J., Kar, M., Shafarman, W.N., Birkmire, R.W., Stach, E.A., Agrawal, R. and Hillhouse, H.W. Development of CuInSe2 nanocrystal and nanoring inks for low-cost solar cells. Nano Letters, 2008, 8(9), 2982-2987.

Cola, B.A., Xu, X.F., Fisher, T.S., Capano, M.A. and Amama, P.B. Carbon nanotube array thermal interfaces for high-temperature silicon carbide devices. Nanoscale and Microscale Thermophysical Engineering, 2008, 12(3), 228-237.

Cola, B.A., Amama, P.B., Xu, X.F. and Fisher, T.S. Effects of growth temperature on carbon nanotube array thermal interfaces. Journal of Heat Transfer-Transactions of the Asme, 2008, 130(11).

Aradhya, S.V., Garimella, S.V. and Fisher, T.S. Electrothermal bonding of carbon nanotubes to glass. Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 2008, 155(9), K161-K165.

Harirchian, T. and Garimella, S.V. Microchannel size effects on local flow boiling heat transfer to a dielectric fluid. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2008, 51(15-16), 3724-3735.

Garg, R.K., Kim, S.S., Hash, D.B., Gore, J.P. and Fisher, I.S. Effects of feed gas composition and catalyst thickness on carbon nanotube and nanofiber synthesis by plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition. Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 2008, 8(6), 3068-3076.

Westover, T.L. and Fisher, T.S. Simulation of refrigeration by electron emission across nanometer-scale gaps. Physical Review B, 2008, 77(11).

Westover, T.L. and Fisher, T.S. Experimental study of energy exchange attending electron emission from carbon nanotubes. Heat Transfer Engineering, 2008, 29(4), 395-404.

Wang, Y.G., Xu, X.F. and Venkatasubramanian, R. Reduction in coherent phonon lifetime in Bi2Te3/Sb2Te3 superlattices. Applied Physics Letters, 2008, 93(11).

Lyvers, D.P., Moon, J.M., Kildishev, A.V., Shalaev, V.M. and Wei, A. Gold Nanorod Arrays as Plasmonic Cavity Resonators. ACS Nano, 2008, 2(12), 2569-2576.

 

2007

Go, D.B., Garimella, S.V., Fisher, T.S. and Mongia, R.K. Ionic winds for locally enhanced cooling. Journal of Applied Physics, 2007, 102(5), 053302.

Amama, P.B., Cola, B.A., Sands, T.D., Xu, X.F. and Fisher, T.S. Dendrimer-assisted controlled growth of carbon nanotubes for enhanced thermal interface conductance. Nanotechnology, 2007, 18(38), 385303.

Zhang, W., Fisher, T.S. and Mingo, N. Simulation of interfacial phonon transport in Si-Ge heterostructures using an atomistic Green's function method. Journal of Heat Transfer-Transactions of the ASME, 2007, 129(4), 483-491.

Cola, B.A., Xu, J., Cheng, C.R., Xu, X.F., Fisher, T.S. and Hu, H.P. Photoacoustic characterization of carbon nanotube array thermal interfaces. Journal of Applied Physics, 2007, 101(5), 054313.

Lan, C., Amama, P.B., Fisher, T.S. and Reifenberger, R.G. Correlating electrical resistance to growth conditions for multiwalled carbon nanotubes. Applied Physics Letters, 2007, 91(9), 093105.

Li, J., Robinson, V.S., Liu, Y., Lu, W.J., Fisher, T.S. and Lukehart, C.M. Synthesis and thermionic emission properties of graphitic carbon nanofibres supported on Si wafers or carbon felt. Nanotechnology, 2007, 18(32), 325606.

Ujereh, S., Fisher, T. and Mudawar, I. Effects of carbon nanotube arrays on nucleate pool boiling. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2007, 50(19-20), 4023-4038.

Westover, T., Fisher, T.S. and Pfefferkorn, F. Experimental characterization of anode heating by electron emission from a multi-walled carbon nanotube. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2007, 50(3-4), 595-604.

Deb, P., Westover, T., Kim, H., Fisher, T. and Sands, T. Field emission from GaN and (Al,Ga)N/GaN nanorod heterostructures. Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B, 2007, 25(3), L15-L18.


2003-2006

Hu, X.J., Padilla, A.A., Xu, J., Fisher, T.S. and Goodson, K.E. 3-omega measurements of vertically oriented carbon nanotubes on silicon. Journal of Heat Transfer-Transactions of the Asme, 2006, 128(11), 1109-1113.

Rawat, V. and Sands, T. Growth of TiN/GaN metal/semiconductor multilayers by reactive pulsed laser deposition. Journal of Applied Physics, 2006, 100(6), 064901.

Robinson, V.S., Show, Y., Swain, G.M., Reifenberger, R.G. and Fisher, T.S. Thermionic emission from surface-terminated nanocrystalline diamond. Diamond and Related Materials, 2006, 15(10), 1601-1608.

Xu, J. and Fisher, T.S. Enhanced thermal contact conductance using carbon nanotube array interfaces. IEEE Transactions on Components and Packaging Technologies, 2006, 29(2), 261-267.

Xu, J. and Fisher, T.S. Enhancement of thermal interface materials with carbon nanotube arrays. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2006, 49(9-10), 1658-1666.

Bahadur, V., Xu, J., Liu, Y. and Fisher, T.S. Thermal resistance of nanowire-plane interfaces. Journal of Heat Transfer-Transactions of the Asme, 2005, 127(6), 664-668.

Peterson, M.S., Zhang, W., Fisher, T.S. and Garimella, S.V. Low-voltage ionization of air with carbon-based materials. Plasma Sources Science & Technology, 2005, 14(4), 654-660.

Robinson, V.S., Fisher, T.S., Michel, J.A. and Lukehart, C.M. Work function reduction of graphitic nanofibers by potassium intercalation. Applied Physics Letters, 2005, 87(6), 061501.

Fisher, T.S., Walker, D.G. and Weller, R.A. Analysis and simulation of anode heating due to electron field emission. IEEE Transactions on Components and Packaging Technologies, 2003, 26(2), 317-323.

Shin, S.H., Fisher, T.S., Walker, D.G., Strauss, A.M., Kang, W.P. and Davidson, J.L. High-temperature electron emission from diamond films. Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B, 2003, 21(1), 587-592.

Walker, D.G., Harris, C.T., Fisher, T.S. and Davidson, J.L. Estimation of parameters in thermal-field emission from diamond. Diamond and Related Materials, 2005, 14(1), 113-120.

Walker, D.G., Zhang, W. and Fisher, T.S. Simulation of field-emitted electron trajectories and transport from carbon nanotubes. Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B, 2004, 22(3), 1101-1107.

Zhang, W., Fisher, T.S. and Garimella, S.V. Simulation of ion generation and breakdown in atmospheric air. Journal of Applied Physics, 2004, 96(11), 6066-6072.

 

 

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