The description of phonon heat conduction has typically been based on Fourier diffusion
theory. However, over the past three decades, a host of interesting phonon transport …

The unique electronic and catalytic properties emerging from low symmetry anisotropic (1D
and 2D) metal chalcogenides (MCs) have generated tremendous interest for use in next …

The advent of graphene and other two-dimensional van der Waals materials, with their
unique electrical, optical, and thermal properties has resulted in tremendous progress for …

Thermoelectric materials can convert heat into electrical energy, which can potentially be
used to improve the fuel efficiency of conventional heat engines. In recent decades …

Surface waves can lead to intriguing transport phenomena. In particular, surface phonon
polaritons (SPhPs), which result from coupling between infrared light and optical phonons …

The heat dissipation issue has now become one of the most important bottlenecks for power
electronics due to the rapid increase in power density and working frequency. Towards the …

Doping usually reduces lattice thermal conductivity because of enhanced phonon-impurity
scattering. Here, we report unexpected doping effects on the lattice thermal conductivity of …

Energy transfer in small nano-sized systems can be very different from that in their
macroscopic counterparts due to reduced dimensionality, interaction with surfaces, disorder …

With the appearance of energy crisis, greenhouse effect, and heat management problem,
the control especially the active and reversible control of heat transport or thermal …

The transition metal trichalcogenides (TMTCs) are quasi-one-dimensional (1D) MX3-type
van der Waals layered semiconductors, where M is a transition metal element of groups IV …