This review introduces relevant nanoscale thermal transport processes that impact thermal
abatement in power electronics applications. Specifically, we highlight the importance of …

The idea of using metamaterials for thermoelectrics was proposed 10 years ago. Enhanced
thermoelectric effects and decreased thermal conduction are theoretically demonstrated due …

Phonon engineering at the nanoscale holds immense promise for a myriad of applications.
However, the design of phononic devices continues to rely on regular shapes chosen …

Thermal transport plays a pivotal role across diverse disciplines, yet the intricate relationship
between amorphous network structures and thermal conductance properties remains …

In search of efficient thermoelectric nanostructures, many theoretical works predicted that
nanopillars, placed on the surface of silicon membranes, nanobeams, or nanowires, can …

Pillar-based phononic crystals belong to a class of acoustic metamaterials that can control
heat conduction based on the design of the structure. In this work, we systematically …

Nanoporous structures with a critical dimension comparable to or smaller than the phonon
mean free path have demonstrated significant thermal conductivity reductions that are …

Phonon transport simulations were performed to investigate the effects of geometry and
surface roughness on the thermal conductivity of modulated nanowires. The finite volume …

Phononic crystals have been studied for the past decades as a tool to control the
propagation of acoustic and mechanical waves. Recently, researchers proposed that …

The electrochemical intercalation of metal ions into layered materials is a useful strategy to
reversibly tune thermal-transport properties, but the fundamental mechanisms are not well …