Shape Memory Alloy heat pipes

Work on using micro-fibrous metal felt wicks continues to advance fabrication techniques and performance testing for bendable and conformal heat pipes.

Shape Memory Alloy heat pipes are also being developed for miniature actuator designs and medical applications.

Miniature scale heat pipes etched in silicon work is underway in an effort to commercialize the practice at the wafer level of fabrication.

Work has recently begun on using MEMS metal build-up fabrication techniques to generate micro channels for micro heat pipes and micro-fluidics within common materials used as substrates in electronics packaging.