ch. 1. Review of nanofluid applications / Kaufui V. Wong and Omar De Leon -- ch. 2. The role of nanoparticle suspensions in thermo/fluid and biomedical applications / Khalil M. Khanafer and Kambiz Vafai -- ch. 3. Multiscale simulation of nanoparticle transport in deformable tissue during an infusion process in hyperthermia treatments of cancers / Ronghui Ma, Di Su, and Liang Zhu -- ch. 4. Superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticle heating : a basic tutorial / Michael L. Etheridge. [et al.] -- ch. 5. Light-induced energy conversion in liquid nanoparticle suspensions / Patrick E. Phelan. [et al.] -- ch. 6. Radiative properties of micro/nanoscale particles in dispersions for photothermal energy conversion / Qunzhi Zhu and Zhuomin M. Zhang -- ch. 7. On the thermophysical properties of suspensions of highly anisotropic nanoparticles with and without field-induced microstructure / Jerry W. Shan. [et al.] -- ch. 8. Advances in fluid dynamic modeling of microfiltration processes / John E. Wentz, Richard E. DeVor, and Shiv G. Kapoor -- ch. 9. Computational analysis of enhanced cooling performance and pressure drop for nanofluid flow in microchannels / Clement Kleinstreuer, Jie Li, and Yu Feng -- ch. 10. Natural convection in nanofluids / Massimo Corcione.

Preface The day of nanoparticles and nanofluids has arrived, and the applications of these media are legion. Here, attention is focused on such disparate applications as biomedical, energy conversion, material properties, and fluid flow and heat transfer. The common denominator of the articles which set forth these applications here is numerical quantification, modeling, simulation, and presentation. The first chapter of this volume conveys a broad overview of nanofluid applications, while the second chapter continues the general thermofluids theme and then narrows the focus to biomedical applications. Chapters 3 and 4 deepen the biomedical emphasis. Equally reflective of current technological and societal themes is energy conversion from dispersed forms to more concentrated and utilizable forms, and these issues are treated in Chapters 5 and 6. Basic to the numerical modeling and simulation of any thermofluid process are material properties. Nanofluid properties have been shown to be less predictable and less repeatable than are those of other media that participate in fluid flow and heat transfer. Property issues for nanofluids are set forth in Chapters 6 and 7. The last three chapters each focus on a specific topic in nanofluid flow and heat transfer. Chapter 8 deals with filtration. Microchannel heat transfer has been identified as the preferred means for the thermal management of electronic equipment, and the role of nanofluids as a coolant is discussed in Chapter 9. Natural convection is conventionally regarded as a low heat-transfer coefficient form of convective heat transfer. Potential enhancement of natural convection due to nanoparticles is the focus of Chapter 10-- Provided by publisher.