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1 Extended Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamics: Constitutive Equations at Small Length Scales and High Frequencies |
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3 | (1) |
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1.2 A General Heat Transport Equation in Terms of High-Order Heat Fluxes |
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3 | (2) |
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1.3 A Generalized Transport Equation in Terms of the Heat Flux |
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1.4 A Simplified Expression of Eq. (1.17) |
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1.5 One-Dimensional Numerical Illustration |
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1.6 Extension to Other Constitutive Laws |
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9 | (1) |
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10 | (1) |
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2 Heat Transfer in Nanomaterials |
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2.1 Transient Heat Transport in Nanofilms |
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11 | (3) |
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2.1.1 Definition of the Space of State Variables |
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11 | (1) |
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2.1.2 Establishment of the Evolution Equations |
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11 | (1) |
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2.1.3 Elimination of the Fluxes |
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12 | (2) |
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2.2 Transient Temperature Distribution in Thin Films |
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14 | (1) |
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2.2.2 Boundary Conditions |
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15 | (1) |
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2.2.3 Discussion of the Results |
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15 | (2) |
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2.3 Heat Conduction in Nanoparticles Through an Effective Thermal Conductivity |
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17 | (3) |
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2.4 Heat Conduction in Nanowires Through an Effective Thermal Conductivity |
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20 | (1) |
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20 | (3) |
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3 Heat Conduction in Nanocomposites |
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23 | (4) |
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3.1.1 Effective Medium Approach |
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23 | (1) |
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3.1.2 Effect of Agglomeration |
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24 | (1) |
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3.1.3 Effective Thermal Conductivity of the Matrix and the Nanoparticles |
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24 | (1) |
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3.1.4 Nanocomposites with Embedded Nanowires |
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25 | (1) |
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3.1.5 Temperature Dependence |
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26 | (1) |
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3.2 Polymeric Nanocomposites |
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27 | (7) |
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3.2.1 Volume-Fraction-Dependent Agglomeration |
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27 | (4) |
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3.2.2 Dependence of the Effective Thermal Conductivity Versus the Volume-Fraction-Dependent Agglomeration |
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31 | (1) |
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3.2.3 Final Validation of Dependence of the Effective Thermal Conductivity Versus the Volume-Fraction-Dependent Agglomeration |
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32 | (2) |
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3.3 Semiconductor Nanocomposites |
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34 | (6) |
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3.3.1 Application to Si/Ge Nanocomposites with Nanoparticle Inclusions |
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34 | (4) |
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3.3.2 Application to Si/Ge Nanocomposites with Nanowire Inclusions |
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38 | (2) |
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3.4 Nanoporous Composites |
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40 | (8) |
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3.4.1 Nanoporous Materials |
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40 | (6) |
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3.4.2 Nanoporous Particles in a Composite |
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48 | (7) |
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55 | (108) |
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4 Thermal Rectifier Efficiency of Various Bulk-Nanoporous Silicon Devices |
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4.1 Principles of Thermal Rectifiers |
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57 | (1) |
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4.2 Thermal Conductivity of Bulk and Porous Silicon |
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58 | (2) |
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4.2.1 Thermal Conductivity |
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58 | (2) |
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4.2.2 Notions on the Thermal Boundary Resistance |
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60 | (1) |
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4.3 Configurations for Thermal Rectifiers |
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60 | (4) |
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4.3.1 Homogeneous Two- and Three-Phase Systems |
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60 | (2) |
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4.3.2 Bulk Porous-Bulk and Porous-Bulk-Porous Si Configurations |
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62 | (1) |
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63 | (1) |
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64 | (1) |
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4.4 Analysis of Thermal Rectification |
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64 | (4) |
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4.4.1 Homogeneous Two- and Three-Phase Systems |
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64 | (1) |
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4.4.2 Bulk--Porous--Bulk and Porous--Bulk--Porous Si Configurations |
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65 | (1) |
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65 | (2) |
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67 | (1) |
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4.5 Combining Graded Porosity and Pore Size |
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68 | (1) |
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68 | (3) |
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71 | (24) |
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5.1 Thermodynamics Behind Thermoelectric Devices |
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71 | (2) |
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5.2 Basics in Nanoscale Heat and Electric Transfer |
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73 | (2) |
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5.3 Nanofilm Thermoelectric Devices |
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75 | (4) |
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75 | (1) |
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5.3.2 Case Study: Thin Films of Bi and Bi2Te3 |
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76 | (1) |
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5.3.2.1 Material Properties |
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5.4 Nanocomposite Thermoelectric Devices |
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79 | (5) |
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5.4.2 Two Case Studies: Nanocomposites of Bi Nanoparticles in Bi2Te3 and of Bi2Te3 Nanoparticles in Bi |
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5.5 Thin-Film Nanocomposite Thermoelectric Devices |
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88 | (3) |
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88 | (2) |
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5.5.2 Discussion on a Gedankenexperiment |
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91 | (4) |
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6 Enhancement of the Thermal Conductivity in Nanofluids and the Role of Viscosity |
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95 | (1) |
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6.2 Influence of Several Heat Transfer Mechanisms |
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95 | (4) |
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95 | (1) |
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96 | (1) |
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6.2.3 Agglomeration of Particles |
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97 | (1) |
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98 | (1) |
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6.3 Viscosity of Nanofluids |
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99 | (5) |
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6.3.1 Viscous Pressure Flux |
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99 | (1) |
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6.3.2 Third-Order Approximation |
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100 | (3) |
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6.3.3 Complete Expression |
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103 | (1) |
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6.4 Discussion and Case Studies for the Thermal Conductivity |
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104 | (6) |
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6.4.1 Thermal Conductivities of Alumina Water, Alumina--Ethylene Glycol and Alumina--50/50 w% Water/Ethylene Glycol Mixture Nanofluids |
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104 | (3) |
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6.4.2 Note on the Brownian Motion |
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107 | (1) |
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6.4.3 Thermal Conductivity as a Function of the Particle Size |
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108 | (1) |
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6.4.4 Complementary Comments |
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109 | (1) |
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6.5 Discussion and Case Studies for the Viscosity |
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6.5.1 Alumina Al2O3 Particles in Water |
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110 | (1) |
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6.5.2 Li Nanoparticles Dispersed in Liquid Ar |
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110 | (2) |
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6.6 Closing Notions on the Use of Nanofluids |
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112 | (1) |
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113 | (8) |
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7 Nanoporous Flow and Permeability |
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121 | (1) |
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122 | (4) |
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7.2.1 Extended Constitutive Equation of the Mass Flux |
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122 | (2) |
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7.2.2 The Basic Momentum Equation |
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124 | (1) |
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7.2.3 Absolute Permeability |
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125 | (1) |
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7.3 Effective Permeability |
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126 | (6) |
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7.3.1 Nanopores with Circular Cross Sections |
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126 | (2) |
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7.3.2 Nanopores with Parallelepiped Cross Sections |
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128 | (2) |
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7.3.3 Effective Viscosity |
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130 | (2) |
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132 | (3) |
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7.5 Case Study: Flow in Nanoporous Glass |
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135 | (1) |
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136 | (3) |
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8 Opto-Thermoelectric Coupling for Photovoltaic Energy |
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139 | (24) |
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139 | (1) |
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8.2 Nanostructured TE Model |
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140 | (4) |
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140 | (2) |
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8.2.2 TE Material Properties for the Nanocomposite Legs |
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142 | (2) |
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8.3 Nanoscale Material Properties |
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144 | (3) |
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8.4 Optoelectric Model for the PV Device |
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8.4.1 Basic Considerations |
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147 | (2) |
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149 | (1) |
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8.4.3 Quasi-Neutral Regions |
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150 | (4) |
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154 | (1) |
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8.5 Analysis of the Heat Management of the Cooled Hybrid System |
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155 | (5) |
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8.5.1 Heat Generation in the PV Device |
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155 | (2) |
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8.5.2 Temperature Profiles |
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157 | (1) |
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8.5.3 Operating Temperatures |
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158 | (1) |
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8.5.4 Total Efficiency of the Hybrid System |
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159 | (1) |
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160 | (3) |
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III Advanced Applications and Perspectives |
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163 | (38) |
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9 Optimal Enhancement of Photovoltaic Energy by Coupling to a Cooled Nanocomposite Thermoelectric Hybrid System |
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165 | (16) |
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9.1 Case Study: Material Properties and Operating Conditions |
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9.1.1 Material Properties for the Photovoltaic Materials |
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9.1.2 Material Properties for the Thermoelectric Materials |
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166 | (1) |
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9.1.3 Other Operating Characteristics and General Physical Properties |
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167 | (1) |
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9.2 Case Study: Photovoltaic Performance |
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167 | (9) |
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9.2.1 Optimal Thickness of the Photovoltaic Device |
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167 | (6) |
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9.2.2 Influence of Nanocomposite Characteristics on Thermoelectric Efficiency |
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173 | (3) |
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9.2.3 Optimal Hybrid Opto-Thermoelectric Efficiency |
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176 | (1) |
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176 | (1) |
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177 | (4) |
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10 Nanomedicine: Permeation of Drug Delivery Through Cell Membrane |
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10.1 Transporters of Drugs |
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181 | (1) |
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10.1.2.2 Apical Cell Membrane |
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10.1.2.3 Basal Cell Membrane |
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182 | (1) |
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10.2 Permeability Enhancement |
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182 | (1) |
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10.2.2 Spray Freeze-Drying |
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182 | (1) |
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10.2.3 Chitosan Derivatives |
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183 | (1) |
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10.2.4 Straight Chain Fatty Acids |
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183 | (1) |
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10.2.5 Self-Micro-Emulsifying Drug Delivery Systems |
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183 | (1) |
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10.3 Modeling Considerations for Drug Delivery Permeation |
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183 | (1) |
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10.3.2 Solubility and Permeability |
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183 | (1) |
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10.4 Example: Cell Permeation |
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10.4.1 Permeation as a Set of Barrier Resistances |
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10.4.2 Solubility Diffusion Theory |
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185 | (1) |
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186 | (3) |
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11 Self-Assembled Nanostructures as Building Blocks for Nanomedicine Carriers: Thermal and Electrical Conductance |
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189 | (12) |
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190 | (1) |
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191 | (2) |
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11.3.1 Self-Assembly Process |
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191 | (1) |
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192 | (1) |
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11.3.2.1 Electrical Conductivity |
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192 | (1) |
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11.3.2.2 Thermal Conductivity |
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193 | (1) |
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11.3.2.3 Thickness of Deposited Layer |
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193 | (1) |
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11.4 Results and Discussion |
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193 | (3) |
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11.4.1 Electrical Conductivity |
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193 | (1) |
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11.4.2 Thermal Conductivity |
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194 | (1) |
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11.5 Linking Theory to Experiment |
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196 | (1) |
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197 | (4) |
Epilogue |
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201 | (2) |
Unit Conversions |
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203 | (2) |
Index |
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