With the current emphasis on electrified vehicles, the use of internal combustion engines
(ICEs) as the main propulsion source is challenged, especially for passenger cars. Even …

Packaging electronic devices is a growing challenge as device performance and power
levels escalate. As device feature sizes decrease, ensuring reliable operation becomes a …

Electronic devices play a vital role in our lives and are expected to play an even bigger role
in the future considering their immense contribution in every field. Current trends are drifting …

Waste-heat recovery with thermoelectric power generators can improve energy efficiency
and provide distributed electricity generation. New thermoelectric materials and material …

Interest in thermoelectrics for waste-heat recovery and localized cooling has flourished in
recent years, but questions about cost and scalability remain unanswered. This work …

The extremely high thermal conductivities of carbon nanotubes have motivated a wealth of
research. Progress includes innovative conduction metrology based on microfabricated …

Heat transfer and fluid flow in microchannels have been topics of intense research in the
past decade. A critical review of the current state of research is presented with a focus on the …

Owing to their long phonon mean free paths (MFPs) and high thermal conductivity, carbon
nanotubes (CNTs) are ideal candidates for, eg, removing heat from electronic devices. It is …

The concept of coherence is one of the fundamental phenomena in electronics and optics. In
addition to electron and photon, phonon is another important energy and information carrier …

Abstract Two-dimensional (2D) materials, such as graphene, hexagonal boron nitride (hBN),
phosphorene, transition metal dichalcogenides (eg, MoS 2, WS 2, etc.), metal oxides (eg …