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 …

Tutorial: Time-domain thermoreflectance (TDTR) for thermal property characterization of bulk and thin film materials

P Jiang, X Qian, R Yang - Journal of Applied Physics, 2018 - pubs.aip.org
Measuring thermal properties of materials is not only of fundamental importance in
understanding the transport processes of energy carriers (electrons and phonons in solids) …

Single-defect phonons imaged by electron microscopy

X Yan, C Liu, CA Gadre, L Gu, T Aoki, TC Lovejoy… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Crystal defects affect the thermal and heat-transport properties of materials by scattering
phonons and modifying phonon spectra,,,,,,–. To appreciate how imperfections in solids …

Bidirectional anisotropic polyimide/bacterial cellulose aerogels by freeze-drying for super-thermal insulation

X Zhang, X Zhao, T Xue, F Yang, W Fan… - Chemical Engineering …, 2020 - Elsevier
There has been a growing interest in develo** novel thermal insulation materials since
the traditional insulation material is unable to manage heat intelligently. Herein, bidirectional …

Nanoscale imaging of phonon dynamics by electron microscopy

CA Gadre, X Yan, Q Song, J Li, L Gu, H Huyan, T Aoki… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Spatially resolved vibrational map** of nanostructures is indispensable to the
development and understanding of thermal nanodevices, modulation of thermal transport …

Thermally insulating and fire-retardant lightweight anisotropic foams based on nanocellulose and graphene oxide

B Wicklein, A Kocjan, G Salazar-Alvarez… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
High-performance thermally insulating materials from renewable resources are needed to
improve the energy efficiency of buildings. Traditional fossil-fuel-derived insulation materials …

Anisotropic and hierarchical SiC@SiO2 nanowire aerogel with exceptional stiffness and stability for thermal superinsulation

L Su, H Wang, M Niu, S Dai, Z Cai, B Yang… - Science …, 2020 - science.org
Ceramic aerogels are promising lightweight and high-efficient thermal insulators for
applications in buildings, industry, and aerospace vehicles but are usually limited by their …

3D printing of ultralow-concentration 2D nanomaterial inks for multifunctional architectures

L Li, Z Deng, M Chen, ZZ Yu, TP Russell… - Nano Letters, 2022 - ACS Publications
The direct 3D printing of ultralight architectures with ultralow-concentration 2D nanomaterial
inks is necessary yet challenging. Here, we describe an emulsion-based ink for direct …

Hierarchical interface engineering for advanced nanocellulosic hybrid aerogels with high compressibility and multifunctionality

J Zhang, Y Cheng, C Xu, M Gao… - Advanced Functional …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The hierarchical combination of mineral and biopolymer building blocks is advantageous for
the notable properties of structural materials. Integrating silane and cellulose nanofibers into …

Coherent phonon heat conduction in superlattices

MN Luckyanova, J Garg, K Esfarjani, A Jandl… - Science, 2012 - science.org
The control of heat conduction through the manipulation of phonons as coherent waves in
solids is of fundamental interest and could also be exploited in applications, but coherent …