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Engineering: Hybrid-Nanofluids for Applications

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Since the seminal discovery of nanofluids by Stephen U. S. Choi at Argonne National Laboratory in 1995, there has been much attention to this new class of fluids because of their promising properties, which make them very good candidates for many applications. Such applications are but not are limited to thermal science, photovoltaic energy, biomedical engineering, separation and purification processes, desalination, CO2 capture, and electronic materials. Mono-nanofluids and hybrid-nanofluids are two of the main categories of nanofluids, which contain single and multiple nanoparticles in their base fluids, respectively. Extensive information is available for the first category including synthesis, characterization, properties, modelling and calculations, however, there is a lack of data for hybrid nanofluids which is a challenge towards their practical applications. Therefore, in this Topical Collection, we address the main questions regarding the synthesis, characterization, physiochemical and thermophysical properties of these nanofluids along with their challenges for practical applications in different fields of science and engineering.

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  • G. Reza Vakili-Nezhaad G. Reza Vakili-Nezhaad

    G. Reza Vakili-Nezhaad

    Dr. G. Reza Vakili-Nezhaad, Professor, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman. He obtained a master’s degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Tehran in 1993 and a PhD in Chemical Engineering from Tehran Polytechnic in conjunction with the University of Illinois at Chicago in 1999. He has more than 23 years of experience in academia with close collaboration with chemical petroleum industries, and international institutions. His research fields are mainly applied to the thermodynamics and thermo-physical properties of ordinary and novel materials.

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