Measuring thermal properties of materials is not only of fundamental importance in
understanding the transport processes of energy carriers (electrons and phonons in solids) …

Thermoelectric materials, which directly convert thermal energy to electricity and vice versa,
are considered a viable source of renewable energy. However, the enhancement of …

Understanding thermal transport across metal/semiconductor interfaces is crucial for the
heat dissipation of electronics. The dominant heat carriers in non-metals, phonons, are …

High thermal conductivity materials show promise for thermal mitigation and heat removal in
devices. However, shrinking the length scales of these materials often leads to significant …

Dislocations, one-dimensional lattice imperfections, are common to technologically
important materials such as III–V semiconductors, and adversely affect heat dissipation in …

Interfacial thermal conductance (ITC) is of critical importance for GaN-based device
performance. GaN/AlN is a key component in GaN-based devices. Therefore, systematically …

The anisotropic heat conduction in solids is attractive for diverse applications such as
thermal management and thermal insulation. With highly anisotropic materials, the heat flow …

Black phosphorus captures enormous research attention on the anisotropic properties due
to its orthorhombic crystal structure. Here the in-plane anisotropic thermoelectric behaviors …

Knowledge of the phonon mean free path (MFP) holds the key to understanding the thermal
properties of materials and nanostructures. Although several experiments measured the …

The β-Ga 2 O 3 nanomembrane (NM)/diamond heterostructure is one of the promising ultra-
wide bandgap heterostructures that offers numerous complementary advantages from both …