| Contents | |
| Chapter 1 | Miniature and microscale energy systems |
| Introduction; Overview; Scaling; Thermally based power systems; Future directions | |
| Chapter 2 | Nanostructures for thermoelectric energy |
Introduction; Thermoelectric effects and devices with bulk materials; Nanostructures for solid-state energy conversion; Summary |
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| Chapter 3 | Heat transport in superlattices and nanowires |
| Introduction; Superlattices; Nanowires and nanotubes; Heat transport in bulk materials by phonons; Heat transport in low-dimensional structures; Survey of previous work; Summary | |
| Chapter 4 | Thermomechanical formation and thermal detection of polymer nanostructures |
| Introduction; Relaxation kinetics in nanostructured polymer films; Modeling and simulation of nanometer-scale thermomechanical data bit formation; Thermal data reading and topography mapping; Summary and conclusions | |
| Chapter 5 | Two-phase flow microstructures in thin geometries: multi-field modelling |
Introduction; Global characteristics; Local flow characteristics; Summary |
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| Chapter 6 | Radiative energy transport at the spatial and temporal icro/nanoscales |
| Introduction; Fundamentals; Applications; Future directions and concluding remarks | |
| Chapter 7 | Direct simulation Monte Carlo of gaseous flow and heat transfer in a microchannel |
| Introduction; Description of the DSMC method; DSMC simulation of microchannel; Results and discussion; Conclusions | |
| Chapter 8 | DSMC modeling of near-interface transport in liquid-vapor phase-change processes with multiple microscale effects |
Introduction; Phase equilibrium in microscale multiphase systems; Molecular transport at interfaces; High Knudsen number and nonequilibrium effects; Variation of interfacial tension with interface curvature; Liquid phase and interfacial region effects; DSMC modeling of combined effects during vaporization and condensation; Concluding remarks |
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| Chapter 9 | Molecular dynamics simulation of nanoscale heat and fluid flow |
| Introduction; Basic equations and finite difference scheme; Intermolecular potential model; Macroscopic properties; Boundary conditions and simulation system; MD application to heat and fluid flow; Future development | |