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The miniaturization of components in mechanical and electronic equipment has been the driving force for the fast development of micro/nanosystems. Heat and mass transfer are crucial processes in such systems, and they have attracted great interest in recent years. Tremendous effort, in terms of theoretical analyses, experimental measurements, numerical simulation, and practical applications, has been devoted to improve our understanding of complex heat and mass transfer processes and behaviors in such micro/nanosystems. This Special Issue is dedicated to showcasing recent advances in heat and mass transfer in micro- and nanosystems, with particular focus on the development of new models and theories, the employment of new experimental techniques, the adoption of new computational methods, and the design of novel micro/nanodevices. Thirteen articles have been published after peer-review evaluations, and these articles cover a wide spectrum of active research in the frontiers of micro/nanosystems.

Technology: general issues --- History of engineering & technology --- Darcy-Forchheimer theory --- nonlinear stretching --- nanofluid --- magnetohydrodynamics --- convective conditions --- carbon nanotubes --- thermal radiation --- porous cavity --- wavy channels --- nanofluids --- forced convection --- heat enhancement --- pressure drop --- mesh model --- microfluidic --- flow distributions --- fluid network --- microchannel --- heat transfer enhancement --- numerical simulation --- monodisperse droplet generation --- satellite droplets --- piezoelectric method --- droplet coalescence --- lattice Boltzmann method --- inertial migration --- Poiseuille flow --- pulsatile velocity --- loop heat pipe --- deionized water --- two-phase flow --- visualization --- heat transfer experiment --- heat transfer --- porous media --- pore-scale modeling --- boundary condition --- thermal conductivity --- porosity --- conjugate interface --- aspect ratio --- Maxwell nanofluid --- Darcy-Forchheimer model --- chemical reaction --- Brownian diffusion --- wearable device --- microfluidic chip --- sweat collecting --- microfluidics --- liquid metal --- measurement --- temperature monitoring --- PCR --- pin-fins --- wavy pin-fins channel --- performance criterion --- friction factor --- Darcy-Forchheimer theory --- nonlinear stretching --- nanofluid --- magnetohydrodynamics --- convective conditions --- carbon nanotubes --- thermal radiation --- porous cavity --- wavy channels --- nanofluids --- forced convection --- heat enhancement --- pressure drop --- mesh model --- microfluidic --- flow distributions --- fluid network --- microchannel --- heat transfer enhancement --- numerical simulation --- monodisperse droplet generation --- satellite droplets --- piezoelectric method --- droplet coalescence --- lattice Boltzmann method --- inertial migration --- Poiseuille flow --- pulsatile velocity --- loop heat pipe --- deionized water --- two-phase flow --- visualization --- heat transfer experiment --- heat transfer --- porous media --- pore-scale modeling --- boundary condition --- thermal conductivity --- porosity --- conjugate interface --- aspect ratio --- Maxwell nanofluid --- Darcy-Forchheimer model --- chemical reaction --- Brownian diffusion --- wearable device --- microfluidic chip --- sweat collecting --- microfluidics --- liquid metal --- measurement --- temperature monitoring --- PCR --- pin-fins --- wavy pin-fins channel --- performance criterion --- friction factor

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Flows of thermal origin and heat transfer problems are central in a variety of disciplines and industrial applications. The present book entitled Thermal Flows consists of a collection of studies by distinct investigators and research groups dealing with different types of flows relevant to both natural and technological contexts. Both reviews of the state-of-the-art and new theoretical, numerical and experimental investigations are presented, which illustrate the structure of these flows, their stability behavior, and the possible bifurcations to different patterns of symmetry and/or spatiotemporal regimes. Moreover, different categories of fluids are considered (liquid metals, gases, common fluids such as water and silicone oils, organic and inorganic transparent liquids, and nanofluids). This information is presented under the hope that it will serve as a new important resource for physicists, engineers and advanced students interested in the physics of non-isothermal fluid systems; fluid mechanics; environmental phenomena; meteorology; geophysics; and thermal, mechanical and materials engineering.

Research & information: general --- Physics --- coating flow --- free surface --- boundary layer --- stress singularity --- matched asymptotic expansions --- computational fluid dynamics --- turbulence --- rotating thermal convection --- Rayleigh–Bénard --- heat enhancement --- nanofluid --- circular pipe --- twisted tape --- porous media --- metal foam --- convection-driven dynamos --- numerical simulations --- bistability --- mean-field magnetohydrodynamics --- spherical shells --- stochastic equations --- equivalence of measures --- nature of turbulence --- critical Reynolds number --- thermovibrational convection --- gravity modulation --- thermofluid-dynamic distortions --- patterning behavior --- stratified mixing layer --- non-modal instability --- Kelvin-Helmholtz instability --- Holmboe instability --- rotating thermal magnetoconvection --- linear onset --- sphere --- Rayleigh–Bénard convection --- time periodical cooling --- Lattice Boltzmann method --- thermocapillary-driven convection --- half-zone liquid bridges --- particles --- coherent structures --- particle accumulation structure (PAS) --- high Prandtl number fluids --- plane layer --- circular translational vibrations --- thermal vibrational convection --- convective patterns --- n/a --- Rayleigh-Bénard --- Rayleigh-Bénard convection

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Flows of thermal origin and heat transfer problems are central in a variety of disciplines and industrial applications. The present book entitled Thermal Flows consists of a collection of studies by distinct investigators and research groups dealing with different types of flows relevant to both natural and technological contexts. Both reviews of the state-of-the-art and new theoretical, numerical and experimental investigations are presented, which illustrate the structure of these flows, their stability behavior, and the possible bifurcations to different patterns of symmetry and/or spatiotemporal regimes. Moreover, different categories of fluids are considered (liquid metals, gases, common fluids such as water and silicone oils, organic and inorganic transparent liquids, and nanofluids). This information is presented under the hope that it will serve as a new important resource for physicists, engineers and advanced students interested in the physics of non-isothermal fluid systems; fluid mechanics; environmental phenomena; meteorology; geophysics; and thermal, mechanical and materials engineering.

coating flow --- free surface --- boundary layer --- stress singularity --- matched asymptotic expansions --- computational fluid dynamics --- turbulence --- rotating thermal convection --- Rayleigh–Bénard --- heat enhancement --- nanofluid --- circular pipe --- twisted tape --- porous media --- metal foam --- convection-driven dynamos --- numerical simulations --- bistability --- mean-field magnetohydrodynamics --- spherical shells --- stochastic equations --- equivalence of measures --- nature of turbulence --- critical Reynolds number --- thermovibrational convection --- gravity modulation --- thermofluid-dynamic distortions --- patterning behavior --- stratified mixing layer --- non-modal instability --- Kelvin-Helmholtz instability --- Holmboe instability --- rotating thermal magnetoconvection --- linear onset --- sphere --- Rayleigh–Bénard convection --- time periodical cooling --- Lattice Boltzmann method --- thermocapillary-driven convection --- half-zone liquid bridges --- particles --- coherent structures --- particle accumulation structure (PAS) --- high Prandtl number fluids --- plane layer --- circular translational vibrations --- thermal vibrational convection --- convective patterns --- n/a --- Rayleigh-Bénard --- Rayleigh-Bénard convection