... as a result of a shorter effective thermal length due to internal fluid circulation in the liquid plugs. A simple theory for laminar segmented flows is developed based on scaled Graetz theory and comparisons made with existing published data from the literature and new experimental data obtained...

... colloids convection drops microchannel flow nanofluidics suspensions nanofluid colloidal suspensions thermal transport Marangoni effect droplet-laden flow segmented flow immiscible fluids Thermal management of microelectronic devices becomes more important and challenging as size...