The primary challenge facing silicon-based electronics, crucial for modern technological
progress, is difficulty in dimensional scaling. This stems from a severe deterioration of …

The miniaturization of metal–oxide–semiconductor field-effect transistors (MOSFETs) has
been the driving force behind the development of integrated circuits over the past 60 years; …

In recent years, the study of heat to work conversion has been re-invigorated by
nanotechnology. Steady-state devices do this conversion without any macroscopic moving …

The rapid development of faster, cheaper, and more powerful computing has led to some of
the most important technological and societal advances in modern history. However, the …

A diverse spectrum of technology drivers such as improved thermal barriers, higher
efficiency thermoelectric energy conversion, phase-change memory, heat-assisted magnetic …

As the power density and integration level of electronic devices increase, there are growing
demands to improve the thermal conductivity of polymers for addressing the thermal …

Defect scattering is well known to suppress thermal transport. In this study, however, we
perform both molecular dynamics and Boltzmann transport equation calculations, to …

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 …

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

The field of spintronics, or magnetic electronics, is maturing and giving rise to new subfields.
These new directions involve the study of collective spin excitations and couplings of the …