Enhancing Liquid–Vapor Phase-Change Heat Transfer with Micro/Nano-Structured Surfaces

作者：Xiuliang Liu, Jianye Yang, Qifan Zou, Yongyan Hu, Pengkun Li, Li Tan, Nenad Miljkovic, Ronggui Yang · 发表于：ACS Nano · 年份：2025 · DOI：10.1021/acsnano.4c15277 · 被引用次数：165 · 研究领域：Heat Transfer and Boiling Studies、Heat Transfer and Optimization、Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Technologies

Liquid-vapor phase-change heat transfer plays an important role in many industrial systems, ranging from power generation and air conditioning to water desalination, food processing, and thermal management of electronics and data centers. Recent advances in micro/nanofabrication have enabled desirable manipulation of multiscale dynamics governing droplet/bubble motion and capillary liquid flows for highly efficient phase-change heat transfer. However, there lacks a comprehensive review on the design and fabrication of micro/nanostructured surfaces with controlled morphology and wettability, to enhance the diverse phase-change heat transfer processes. Here, we review the advances in micro/nanostructuring for phase-change heat transfer applications. While traditional mechanical machining and sintering have commonly been used to manufacture structures down to sub-millimeter or micron scales, advanced micro/nanostructure fabrication methods such as laser texturing, oxidation, lithography-based etching, and spray coating are being utilized to manufacture surfaces with hierarchical structures or heterogeneous wettability. Droplets, bubbles, and liquid films generally experience a multiscale life cycle from nanometer scale to millimeter scale in the phase-change processes, including condensation, pool boiling, capillary-driven evaporation, and liquid film boiling. Micro/nanostructured surfaces need to be designed to coordinate different requirements of the surface wettability and mo...