摘要：The present volume is the third special issue on heat transfer in nanofluids and we hope that it will be a series that periodically enables researchers to highlight their new findings related to nanofluids. The growth of research activity in this heat transfer area is still significant, as shown in Figure 1. This figure demonstrates the large interest in heat transfer enhancement technology, in general, and the actual interest in nanofluids, in particular. In this figure some recent data on the number of papers from 1993 to 2013 found in SCOPUS under “Nanofluids,” “Nanofluids AND Heat Transfer,” and “Nanofluids AND Properties” are reported. In SCOPUS under “Nanofluids and Review” about 134 papers were found. This data confirms the intense interest and activity in research and engineering applications for nanofluids. The aim of this special issue is to present some basic, applied, and review articles on the recent developments and research efforts in this field, with the purpose of providing guidelines for future research in this area.
