title: Large-scale Generation of Patterned Bubble Arrays on Printed Bi-functional Boiling Surfaces.
abstract: Bubble nucleation control, growth and departure dynamics is important in understanding boiling phenomena and enhancing nucleate boiling heat transfer performance. We report a novel bi-functional heterogeneous surface structure that is capable of tuning bubble nucleation, growth and departure dynamics. For the fabrication of the surface, hydrophobic polymer dot arrays are first printed on a substrate, followed by hydrophilic ZnO nanostructure deposition via microreactor-assisted nanomaterial deposition (MAND) processing. Wettability contrast between the hydrophobic polymer dot arrays and aqueous ZnO solution allows for the fabrication of heterogeneous surfaces with distinct wettability regions. Heterogeneous surfaces with various configurations were fabricated and their bubble dynamics were examined at elevated heat flux, revealing various nucleate boiling phenomena. In particular, aligned and patterned bubbles with a tunable departure frequency and diameter were demonstrated in a boiling experiment for the first time. Taking advantage of our fabrication method, a 6 inch wafer size heterogeneous surface was prepared. Pool boiling experiments were also performed to demonstrate a heat flux enhancement up to 3X at the same surface superheat using bi-functional surfaces, compared to a bare stainless steel surface.
authors.affiliation: Oregon Process Innovation Center/Microproduct Breakthrough Institute and School of Chemical, Biological &Environmental Engineering, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, United States.
authors.forename: Chang-Ho
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.affiliation: Oregon Process Innovation Center/Microproduct Breakthrough Institute and School of Chemical, Biological &Environmental Engineering, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, United States.
authors.forename: Michele
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: David
authors.affiliation: Oregon Process Innovation Center/Microproduct Breakthrough Institute and School of Chemical, Biological &Environmental Engineering, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, United States.
authors.forename: Zhongwei
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.affiliation: Oregon Process Innovation Center/Microproduct Breakthrough Institute and School of Chemical, Biological &Environmental Engineering, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, United States.
authors.forename: Alvin
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.affiliation: Oregon Process Innovation Center/Microproduct Breakthrough Institute and School of Chemical, Biological &Environmental Engineering, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, United States.
authors.forename: Marshall
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Allen
authors.affiliation: School of Mechanical, Industrial, and Manufacturing Engineering, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 7331, United States.
authors.forename: Hailei
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Oregon Process Innovation Center/Microproduct Breakthrough Institute and School of Chemical, Biological &Environmental Engineering, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, United States.
authors.forename: Chih-hung
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Chang