Nanosecond laser texturing of uniformly and non-uniformly wettable micro structured metal surfaces for enhanced boiling heat transfer

M Zupančič, M Može, P Gregorčič, I Golobič - Applied Surface Science, 2017 - Elsevier
Microstructured uniformly and non-uniformly wettable surfaces were created on 25-μm-thin
stainless steel foils by laser texturing using a marking nanosecond Nd: YAG laser (λ= 1064 …

[HTML][HTML] Enhanced nucleate boiling of Novec 649 on thin metal foils via laser-induced periodic surface structures

M Zupančič, D Fontanarosa, M Može, M Bucci… - Applied Thermal …, 2024 - Elsevier
The low boiling temperature of dielectric fluids makes them suitable for satisfying the cooling
requirements of advanced high-energy-density devices commonly found in microelectronics …

[HTML][HTML] Boiling heat transfer enhancement on titanium through nucleation-promoting morphology and tailored wettability

M Može, A Hadžić, M Zupančič, I Golobič - International Journal of Heat and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Surface engineering aimed at tuning the wettability and morphology of the boiling surface is
a facile approach to moderate and enhance the nucleate boiling process. Key issues …

Investigation of flow boiling heat transfer and boiling crisis on a rough surface using infrared thermometry

GY Su, C Wang, L Zhang, JH Seong… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
We design and build a special heater to enable infrared investigations of boiling heat
transfer on surfaces featuring the typical roughness and scratch pattern of commercial-grade …

Boiling performance on surfaces with capillary-length-spaced one-and two-dimensional laser-textured patterns

J Voglar, P Gregorčič, M Zupančič, I Golobič - International Journal of Heat …, 2018 - Elsevier
This investigation used laser-processed 25-μm-thick stainless steel foils as heaters in pool
boiling experiments under subcooled and saturated conditions at atmospheric pressure …

Investigation of nucleate pool boiling of saturated pure liquids and ethanol-water mixtures on smooth and laser-textured surfaces

P Zakšek, M Zupančič, P Gregorčič… - Nanoscale and …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Nucleate pool boiling experiments were performed on plain and five laser-textured stainless-
steel foils using saturated pure water, 100% ethanol, 0.4% and 4.2% mole fraction ethanol …

A comprehensive review of boiling heat transfer characteristics of wettability patterned surface

L Xiang, Y Song, D Yang, X Yang, K Vafai - Experimental Thermal and Fluid …, 2024 - Elsevier
In recent years, studies on patterned surfaces with different local wettabilities have emerged
and developed. A number of peculiar structures are the most promising topographic ones in …

On the identification and mapping of three distinct stages of single vapor bubble growth with the corresponding microlayer dynamics

A Srivastava - International Journal of Multiphase Flow, 2021 - Elsevier
An experimental study to establish a one-on-one correspondence between microlayer
dynamics and growth process of single vapor bubble under nucleate pool boiling regime …

The synergistic effect of micro/nanostructure length scale and fluid thermophysical properties on pool boiling heat transfer

LYX Lum, KC Leong, JY Ho - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2025 - Elsevier
Facile surface micro/nanostructuring techniques for additively-manufactured (AM) aluminum
alloy (AlSi10Mg) have recently been developed. The structuring techniques are not only …

Evaluation of enhanced nucleate boiling performance through wall-temperature distributions on PDMS-silica coated and non-coated laser textured stainless steel …

M Zupančič, M Može, P Gregorčič, A Sitar… - International Journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Nucleate boiling was examined on Joule heated stainless steel foils, functionalized by
PDMS-silica coating and/or nanosecond-laser texturing. The nucleating bubbles and …