A review on principles and applications of scanning thermal microscopy (SThM)
As the size of materials, particles, and devices shrinks to nanometer, atomic, or even
quantum scale, it is more challenging to characterize their thermal properties reliably …
quantum scale, it is more challenging to characterize their thermal properties reliably …
Radiative heat transfer in the extreme near field
Radiative transfer of energy at the nanometre length scale is of great importance to a variety
of technologies including heat-assisted magnetic recording, near-field thermophotovoltaics …
of technologies including heat-assisted magnetic recording, near-field thermophotovoltaics …
Study of radiative heat transfer in Ångström-and nanometre-sized gaps
Radiative heat transfer in Ångström-and nanometre-sized gaps is of great interest because
of both its technological importance and open questions regarding the physics of energy …
of both its technological importance and open questions regarding the physics of energy …
Local temperatures out of equilibrium
The temperature of a physical system is operationally defined in physics as “that quantity
which is measured by a thermometer” weakly coupled to, and at equilibrium with the system …
which is measured by a thermometer” weakly coupled to, and at equilibrium with the system …
Thermal conductivity measurements of high and low thermal conductivity films using a scanning hot probe method in the 3 ω mode and novel calibration strategies
This work discusses measurement of thermal conductivity (k) of films using a scanning hot
probe method in the 3ω mode and investigates the calibration of thermal contact …
probe method in the 3ω mode and investigates the calibration of thermal contact …
Quantifying non-contact tip-sample thermal exchange parameters for accurate scanning thermal microscopy with heated microprobes
AA Wilson, T Borca-Tasciuc - Review of Scientific Instruments, 2017 - pubs.aip.org
Simplified heat-transfer models are widely employed by heated probe scanning thermal
microscopy techniques for determining thermal conductivity of test samples. These …
microscopy techniques for determining thermal conductivity of test samples. These …
Realizing the nanoscale quantitative thermal mapping of scanning thermal microscopy by resilient tip–surface contact resistance models
Quantitative assessment of thermal properties by scanning thermal microscopy (SThM) is a
demanded technology, but still not yet available due to the presence of unpredictable …
demanded technology, but still not yet available due to the presence of unpredictable …
Scanning thermal microscopy (SThM): how to map temperature and thermal properties at the nanoscale
G Wielgoszewski, T Gotszalk - Advances in Imaging and Electron Physics, 2015 - Elsevier
Since the first scanning probe microscope was constructed in the 1980s, a number of
various near-field methods have been developed to investigate the nanoworld in terms of its …
various near-field methods have been developed to investigate the nanoworld in terms of its …
Scanning probe microscopy for thermal transport measurements
Understanding energy transport and dissipation in nanoscale devices is of increasing
importance. Novel transport and dissipation phenomena are expected to arise in these …
importance. Novel transport and dissipation phenomena are expected to arise in these …
Quantification of probe–sample interactions of a scanning thermal microscope using a nanofabricated calibration sample having programmable size
Y Ge, Y Zhang, JA Booth, JMR Weaver… - …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
We report a method for quantifying scanning thermal microscopy (SThM) probe–sample
thermal interactions in air using a novel temperature calibration device. This new device has …
thermal interactions in air using a novel temperature calibration device. This new device has …