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Adv Mater. 2015 Apr 17;27(15):2479-84. doi: 10.1002/adma.201403549. Epub 2015 Mar 05.

Scalable 3D bicontinuous fluid networks: polymer heat exchangers toward artificial organs.

Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)

Christopher S Roper, Randall C Schubert, Kevin J Maloney, David Page, Christopher J Ro, Sophia S Yang, Alan J Jacobsen

Affiliations

  1. HRL Laboratories, LLC, Malibu, CA, 90265, USA.

PMID: 25753365 DOI: 10.1002/adma.201403549

Abstract

A scalable method for fabricating architected materials well-suited for heat and mass exchange is presented. These materials exhibit unprecedented combinations of small hydraulic diameters (13.0-0.09 mm) and large hydraulic-diameter-to-thickness ratios (5.0-30,100). This process expands the range of material architectures achievable starting from photopolymer waveguide lattices or additive manufacturing.

© 2015 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.

Keywords: heat exchangers; mass exchangers; microfluidics; photopolymer waveguides; stereolithography

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