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Microscale and Nanoscale Heat Transfer / edited by Sebastian Volz.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Topics in Applied Physics, 0303-4216 ; 107
- Standardized Title:
- Micro et nanothermique.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Thermodynamics.
- Engineering.
- Heat engineering.
- Heat--Transmission.
- Heat.
- Mass transfer.
- Engineering, general.
- Engineering Thermodynamics, Heat and Mass Transfer.
- Local Subjects:
- Thermodynamics.
- Engineering, general.
- Engineering Thermodynamics, Heat and Mass Transfer.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (XVI, 370 p. 144 illus.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2007.
- Place of Publication:
- Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The book constitutes a particularly complete and original collection of ideas, models, numerical methods and experimental tools which will prove invaluable in the study of microscale and nanoscale heat transfer. It should be of interest to research scientists and thermal engineers who wish to carry out theoretical research or metrology in this field, but also to physicists concerned with the problems of heat transfer, or teachers requiring a solid foundation for an undergraduate university course in this area.
- Contents:
- Part I: Basic Concepts
- Laws of Macroscopic Heat Transfer and Their Limits
- Transport in Dilute Media
- Electrons and Phonons
- Introduction to Radiative Transfer
- Part II: Models and Numerical Methods
- Solution of the Boltzmann Equation for Phonon Transport
- Radiative Transfer on Short Length Scales
- Monte Carlo Method
- Molecular Dynamics
- Part III: Experimental Methods and Applications
- Scanning Thermal Microscopy
- Optical Technique for Local Measurement
- Hybrid Techniques and Multipurpose Microscopes
- Electron-Phonon Interactions in Metals and Metallic Nanostructures
- Investigation of Short-Time Heat Transfer Effects by an Optical Pump-Probe Method.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-281-39221-9
- 9786611392215
- 3-540-36057-3
- OCLC:
- 262693810
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