Nanomaterials possess superior optical, electrical, magnetic, mechanical, and thermal
properties, which have made them suitable for a multitude of applications. The present …

Polymers are usually considered as thermal insulators, and their applications are limited by
their low thermal conductivity. However, recent studies have shown that certain polymers …

Two different heat-transport mechanisms are discussed in solids. In crystals, heat carriers
propagate and scatter particlelike as described by Peierls's formulation of the Boltzmann …

Thermal conductivity is one of the most fundamental properties of solid materials. The
thermal conductivity of ideal crystal materials has been widely studied over the past …

Abstract The Zintl thermoelectric phase Eu2ZnSb2 has a remarkable combination of high
mobility and low thermal conductivity that leads to good thermoelectric performance. The key …

The development of cryogenic semiconductor electronics and superconducting quantum
computing requires composite materials that can provide both thermal conduction and …

High temperature processes are widely used in a variety of existing and emerging industrial
and aerospace applications. The thermal properties of high‐temperature materials thus play …

In the past few decades, significant efforts have been made to improve the theoretical
understanding of thermal transport mechanisms in thermal insulation materials and push the …

Thermal transport in amorphous materials has remained one of the fundamental questions
in solid state physics while involving a very large field of applications. Using a heat …

We review the status of research on thermal/phonon transport in disordered materials. The
term disordered materials is used here to encompass both structural and compositional …