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Measuring the temperature of fluid in a micro-channel using thermochromic liquid crystals

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Acknowledgments

Funding for this work was provided by the National Science Foundation Fluid Dynamics program through award CBET-0748294. The authors would like to thank Andrey Gunawan for the construction of the heater block.

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Basson, M., Pottebaum, T.S. Measuring the temperature of fluid in a micro-channel using thermochromic liquid crystals. Exp Fluids 53, 803–814 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00348-012-1326-0

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