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Interplay of capillary and Marangoni flows in micropillar evaporation
Goksel Yuncu, Yigit Akkus, Zafer Dursunkaya
The evaporation from a micropillar evaporator is a problem governed by various interfacial phenomena such as the capillarity-induced liquid flow, thin-film evaporation intensifying…
An Energy-Based Interface Detection Method for Phase Change Processes in Nanoconfinements
Mustafa Ozsipahi, Yigit Akkus, Chinh Thanh Nguyen +1
An energy-based liquid-vapor interface detection method is presented using molecular dynamics (MD) simulations of liquid menisci confined between two parallel plates under equilibr…
Interplay of transport mechanisms during the evaporation of a pinned sessile water droplet
Osman Akdag, Yigit Akkus, Barbaros Cetin +1
Droplet evaporation has been intensively investigated in past decades owing to its emerging applications in diverse fields of science and technology. Yet the role transport mechani…
A theoretical framework for comprehensive modeling of steadily fed evaporating droplets and the validity of common assumptions
Yigit Akkus, Barbaros Cetin, Zafer Dursunkaya
A theoretical framework is established to model the evaporation from continuously fed droplets, promising tools in the thermal management of high heat flux electronics. Using the f…
On the effect of structural forces on a condensing film profile near a fin-groove corner
Osman Akdag, Yigit Akkus, Zafer Dursunkaya
Estimation of condenser performance of two-phase passive heat spreaders with grooved wick structures is crucial in the prediction of the overall performance of the heat spreader. W…
Drifting mass accommodation coefficients: in situ measurements from a steady state molecular dynamics setup
Yigit Akkus, Akif Turker Gurer, Kishan Bellur
A fundamental understanding of the evaporation/condensation phenomena is vital to many fields of science and engineering, yet there is much discrepancy in the usage of phase change…
The effect of disjoining pressure on the shape of condensing films in a fin-groove corner
Osman Akdag, Yigit Akkus, Zafer Dursunkaya
Thin film condensation is commonly present in numerous natural and artificial processes. Phase-change driven passive heat spreaders such as heat pipes, which are widely used in ele…
A First Look at the Performance of Nano-Grooved Heat Pipes
Yigit Akkus, Chinh Thanh Nguyen, Alper Tunga Celebi +1
Passive thermal spreaders utilizing liquid/vapor phase-change mechanism such as heat pipes, have been widely used in the macro-scale thermal management of electronic devices for ma…
Atomic Scale Interfacial Transport at an Extended Evaporating Meniscus
Yigit Akkus, Anil Koklu, Ali Beskok
Recent developments in fabrication techniques enabled the production of nano- and angstrom-scale conduits. While scientists are able to conduct experimental studies to demonstrate…
Molecular Diffusion Replaces Capillary Pumping in Phase-Change Driven Nanopumps
Yigit Akkus, Ali Beskok
Nano-scale fluid transport has vast applications spanning from water desalination to biotechnology [1,2]. It is possible to pump fluids in nano-conduits using pressure gradients [3…