Interfacial thermal resistance: Past, present, and future

J Chen, X Xu, J Zhou, B Li - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2022 - APS
Interfacial thermal resistance (ITR) is the main obstacle for heat flows from one material to
another. Understanding ITR becomes essential for the removal of redundant heat from fast …

Actively and reversibly controlling thermal conductivity in solid materials

C Liu, C Wu, Y Zhao, Z Chen, TL Ren, Y Chen… - Physics Reports, 2024 - Elsevier
With the appearance of energy crisis, greenhouse effect, and heat management problem,
the control especially the active and reversible control of heat transport or thermal …

Engineering polymers with metal-like thermal conductivity—present status and future perspectives

Y Guo, Y Zhou, Y Xu - Polymer, 2021 - Elsevier
Common polymers are thermal insulators. Turning polymer insulators into heat conductors is
of fundamental interest and technological importance. Thermally conductive polymers may …

Electric-field-induced modulation of thermal conductivity in poly (vinylidene fluoride)

S Deng, J Yuan, Y Lin, X Yu, D Ma, Y Huang, R Ji… - Nano Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Phonon engineering focuses on heat transport modulation in atomic-scale. Different from
reported methods, it is shown that electric field can also modulate heat transport in …

Releasing chemical energy in spatially programmed ferroelectrics

Y Hu, JL Gottfried, R Pesce-Rodriguez, CC Wu… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Chemical energy ferroelectrics are generally solid macromolecules showing spontaneous
polarization and chemical bonding energy. These materials still suffer drawbacks, including …

Efficient mechanical modulation of the phonon thermal conductivity of Mo 6 S 6 nanowires

K Xu, S Deng, T Liang, X Cao, M Han, X Zeng, Z Zhang… - Nanoscale, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Mo6S6 nanowires are emerging as key building blocks for flexible devices and are
competitive with carbon nanotubes due to easier separation and functionalization. Here, it is …

Formation of highly oriented crystalline structure for polyoxymethylene fiber enables superior intrinsic thermal conductivity

W Kong, Z Zhang, X Zhao, L Ye - Polymer, 2024 - Elsevier
Polyoxymethylene (POM) as an engineering plastic with high performances, has been
widely applied, while endowed with superior intrinsic thermal conductivity for POM fibers …

Unprecedently low thermal conductivity of unique tellurium nanoribbons

X Wu, Q Tao, D Li, Q Wang, X Zhang, H **, J Li… - Nano Research, 2021 - Springer
Tellurene, probably one of the most promising two-dimensional (2D) system in the
thermoelectric materials, displays ultra-low thermal conductivity. However, a linear thickness …

Electrically regulated thermal conductivity of aramid polymer systems

J Song, M An, Y Guo, D Chen, B Yao, H Chen… - Applied Physics …, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
Aramid polymers, renowned for their electronic insulation and thermal conductive properties,
are widely adopted as thermal management materials in power electronics. However, the …

Suppressed thermal conductivity in polycrystalline gold nanofilm: The effect of grain boundary and substrate

L Dong, X Wu, Y Hu, X Xu, H Bao - Chinese Physics Letters, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
We investigate the electrical conductivity and thermal conductivity of polycrystalline gold
nanofilms, with thicknesses ranging from 40.5 nm to 115.8 nm, and identify a thickness …