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D’Annabile, F. et al., (2012). Heat Transfer in Water-based SiC and TiO2 Nanofluids. Heat Transfer Engineering, [online] Available at: [Accessed 22 February 2013]
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Haghigi, E. et al., (2013). Measurement of temperature-dependent viscosity of nanofluids and its effect on pumping power in cooling systems. International Conference on Applied Energy. Pretoria, South Africa 1-4 July 2013.
D’Amato, R. et al., (2012) Synthesis of nanoparticles by CO2 laser pyrolysis: from research to applications. 19th International Symposium on Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis. Linz, Austria 21-25 May 2012.
Vanapalli, S. et al., (2012). Assessment of thermal conductivity, viscosity and specific heat of nanofluids in single phase laminar internal forced convection. Nanoscale Research Letters, [In Press].
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Celata, G. P. et al., (2012). Experimental analysis of Nanofluids Flow Effects on Metal Surfaces. Nanoscale Research Letters, [In Press].
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Utomo, A. et al., (2012). The effect of nanoparticles on laminar heat transfer in a horizontal tube. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, [In Press].
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Haghigi, E. et al., (2012). Cooling Performance of Nanofluids in a Microtube Channel. Journal of Nanofluidics and Microfluidics, [In Press].
Utomo, A. et al., (2012). Heat Transfer Coefficient of Nanofluids in Minichannel Heat Sink. 7th Symposium Numerical Analysis of Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer. Kos, Greece 19 September 2012.
Haghigi, E. et al., (2012). Screening Single Phase Laminar Convective Heat Transfer of Nanofluids in a Micro-tube. Journal of Physics, Conference series 395. Available at: < http://iopscience.iop.org/1742-6596/395/1/012036/>
Ferrari, C. et al., (2012). Analytical Modelling for the heat transfer in sheared flows of nanofluids. Physics Review, 86(1)