Measuring thermal properties of materials is not only of fundamental importance in
understanding the transport processes of energy carriers (electrons and phonons in solids) …

Many of the renewable and sustainable energy technologies employ novel nanomaterials.
For instance, thermal storage and thermoelectric conversion are in constant progress due to …

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

The widespread use of nanostructures and nanomaterials has opened up a whole new
realm of challenges in thermal management, but also leads to possibilities for energy …

Abstract Highly oriented [1 1 0] Bi2Te3 films were obtained by pulsed electrodeposition. The
structure, composition and morphology of these films were characterized. The thermoelectric …

Nearly all experimental observations of quasiballistic heat flow are interpreted using Fourier
theory with modified thermal conductivity. Detailed Boltzmann transport equation (BTE) …

Thermoreflectance techniques, namely, time-and frequency-domain thermoreflectance
(TDTR and FDTR, respectively), are ubiquitously used for the thermophysical …

Pump-probe thermoreflectance is an optical technique used to measure heat transfer in bulk
materials and micro-and nanoscale samples. The measurement typically uses two light …

Epitaxial single crystalline TiN/(Al, Sc) N metal/semiconductor superlattice metamaterials
have generated significant interest in recent years for their potential applications in high …

Bi 2 Te 3 is well-known for its utility in thermoelectrical applications and more recently as
topological insulator. Its nanostructuration has attracted plenty of attention because of its …