In previous work it was shown that Ionic Liquids as active substances in thermoelectric generators have the potential to reduce thermal conductivity compared Solid State materials used conventional TEGs. Furthermore, observed Seebeck coefficient could be significantly increased. After a large variety of experiments, appears remaining bottleneck coming high performance TEGs is, first finding ILs...

Lubricant-impregnated surfaces (LIS), where micro/nanotextured surfaces are impregnated with lubricating liquids, have received significant attention for their robust, superslippery properties. In this study, we systematically demonstrate the potential for LIS to reduce drag in laminar flows. We present a scaling model that incorporates the viscosity of the lubricant and elucidates the dependen...

Quartz crystal impedance analysis has been developed as a technique to assess whether room-temperature ionic liquids are Newtonian fluids and as a small-volume method for determining the values of their viscosity-density product, rho eta. Changes in the impedance spectrum of a 5-MHz fundamental frequency quartz crystal induced by a water-miscible room-temperature ionic liquid, 1-butyl-3-methyli...

We present new viscosity measurements for melts spanning a wide range of anhydrous compositions including: rhyolite, trachyte, moldavite, andesite, latite, pantellerite, basalt and basanite. Micropenetration and concentric cylinder viscometry measurements cover a viscosity range of 10 to 10 Pas and a temperature range from 700 to 1650 °C. These new measurements, combined with other published da...

Abstract: Fragility is a concept that is often correlated with glass formability. It is generally defined in terms of dynamical aspects of the liquid, usually based on the rate of increase of the viscosity as a function of the inverse temperature scaled to the glass transition temperature, Tg (i.e. Tg/T). Our experimental studies of the temperature dependence of the liquid structure factor, S(q...