Materials with ultrahigh or low thermal conductivity are desirable for many technological
applications, such as thermal management of electronic and photonic devices, heat …

Rapid progress in the synthesis and processing of materials with structure on nanometer
length scales has created a demand for greater scientific understanding of thermal transport …

This monograph is an invitation both to the interested scientists and the engineers. It
presents a thorough introduction to the recent results of local fractional calculus. It is also …

Our aim is to propose a theory which goes beyond the classical formulation of
thermodynamics. This is achieved by enlarging the space of basic independent variables …

A universal constitutive equation between the heat flux vector and the temperature gradient
is proposed to cover the fundamental behaviors of diffusion (macroscopic in both space and …

Physical processes taking place in micro/nanoscale strongly depend on the material types
and can be very complicated. Known approaches include kinetic theory and quantum …

Starting with the simplest semiclassical approaches and ending with the description of
complex fully quantum-mechanical methods for quantum transport analysis of state-of-the …

Significant reductions in both the in-plane and cross-plane thermal conductivities of
superlattices, in comparison to the values calculated from the Fourier heat conduction theory …

In this review, we discuss some of the representative strategies of phonon engineering by
categorizing them into the methods affecting each component of phonon thermal …

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 …