The transport phenomena with phase change at nano/micro scales have become a great topic of interest due to the development of nanotechnology. Nanotechnology has developed a number of engineering devices, such as the MEMS/NEMS devices and porous membranes in sustainable energy devices (e.g., fuel cells). The characteristic lengths of these components are micro, sub-micron and even nanometer scales and the transport phenomena indicate that the phenomena can no longer directly follow the conventional continuum assumptions. Therefore, it is significantly needed to fundamentally investigate the phenomena at such scales in various applications. This is the motivation of our study.
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