In this article, we review thermal transport in polymers with different morphologies from
aligned fibers to bulk amorphous states. We survey early and recent efforts in engineering …

Common polymers are thermal insulators. Turning polymer insulators into heat conductors is
of fundamental interest and technological importance. Thermally conductive polymers may …

Because of their low density, high electrical resistivity, and ease of processing, thermally
conductive, anisotropic polymers are appealing for thermal management in applications …

Manipulating thermal conductivity through nanoengineering is of critical importance to
advance technologies, such as soft robotics, artificial skin, wearable electronics, batteries …

In this article, we study the local structure and heat transfer properties (thermal conductivity
and interfacial conductance) in model semi-crystalline polyethylene (PE) by non-equilibrium …

For heat conduction along polymer chains, a decrease in the axial thermal conductivity often
occurs when the polymer structure changes from one-dimensional (1D) to three-dimensional …

Molecular-scale design of crystal structures is an emerging approach for significantly
improving the intrinsic properties of polymers. In this study, we performed computational …

Designing polymers with desirable thermal or thermoelectric properties has been a great
goal in the field of organic functional materials. This is widely considered challenging …

Device-level implementation of soft materials for energy conversion and thermal
management demands a comprehensive understanding of their thermal conductivity and …

Heat dissipation has become an important challenge and technical bottleneck for the rapid
development of high‐frequency microelectronic devices and high‐voltage electrical …