title: Rapid evaporation at the superheat limit of methanol, ethanol, butanol and n-heptane on platinum films supported by low-stress SiN membranes.
abstract: The bubble nucleation temperatures of several organic liquids (methanol, ethanol, butanol, n-heptane) on stress-minimized platinum (Pt) films supported by SiN membranes is examined by pulse-heating the membranes for times ranging from 1 µs to 10 µs. The results show that the nucleation temperatures increase as the heating rates of the Pt films increase. Measured nucleation temperatures approach predicted superheat limits for the smallest pulse times which correspond to heating rates over 108K/s, while nucleation temperatures are significantly lower for the longest pulse times. The microheater membranes were found to be robust for millions of pulse cycles, which suggests their potential in applications for moving fluids on the microscale and for more fundamental studies of phase transitions of metastable liquids.
authors.affiliation: Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.
authors.forename: Eric J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Ching
authors.affiliation: Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.
authors.forename: C Thomas
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: Avedisian
authors.affiliation: Biomolecular Measurement Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, USA.
authors.forename: Richard C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Cavicchi
authors.affiliation: Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.
authors.forename: Do Hyun
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Chung
authors.affiliation: Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.
authors.forename: Jeff
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rah
authors.affiliation: Biomolecular Measurement Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, USA.
authors.forename: Michael J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Carrier
keywords: Boiling; Bubble nucleation; Bubbles; Homogeneous nucleation; Pulse heating; Superheat limit