Review of metallic phase change materials for high heat flux transient thermal management applications

PJ Shamberger, NM Bruno - Applied Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Metallic phase change materials offer an approach to rapidly transport heat away from a
critical device, and to store that heat using the latent heat of fusion, buffering the temperature …

Applications of low melting point alloy for electronic thermal management: A review

J He, W Chu, Q Wang - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2025 - Elsevier
Due to the high thermal conductivity and large latent heat, low melting point alloy (LMPA)
exhibits superior thermophysical properties when using as phase change material (PCM) …

Cooling capacity figure of merit for phase change materials

PJ Shamberger - Journal of Heat Transfer, 2016 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
In this paper, a figure of merit for the cooling capacity (FOMq) of phase change materials
(PCMs) is defined from the analytical solution of the two-phase Neumann–Stefan problem of …

Figure-of-merit for phase-change materials used in thermal management

L Shao, A Raghavan, GH Kim, L Emurian… - International Journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
In this work, we utilize a figure-of-merit (FOM) to compare the performance of various phase-
change materials (PCMs) in managing short bursts of high-power heat flux, particularly …

Experimental investigation of Phase Change Materials for thermal management of handheld devices

Y Ganatra, J Ruiz, JA Howarter, A Marconnet - International Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
The trend of enhanced functionality and reducing size of mobile devices has led to a rapid
increase in power density and a potential thermal bottleneck since thermal limits of …

Cooling power and characteristic times of composite heatsinks and insulants

PJ Shamberger, TS Fisher - International Journal of Heat and Mass …, 2018 - Elsevier
Thermal energy storage materials for transient thermal management applications must
exhibit large energy storage densities as well as large cooling/heating power densities. The …

The computational sprinting game

S Fan, SM Zahedi, BC Lee - ACM SIGARCH Computer Architecture …, 2016 - dl.acm.org
Computational sprinting is a class of mechanisms that boost performance but dissipate
additional power. We describe a sprinting architecture in which many, independent chip …

Machine-learning assisted optimization strategies for phase change materials embedded within electronic packages

M Bhatasana, A Marconnet - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2021 - Elsevier
Leveraging the latent heat of phase change materials (PCMs) can reduce the peak
temperatures and transient variations in temperature in electronic devices. But as the power …

Die level thermal management of microelectronics using phase change materials

M Bhatasana, A Marconnet - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2025 - Elsevier
Phase change materials (PCMs) are a promising passive thermal management approach for
electronic devices, offering the potential to extend device operational times and mitigate …

[HTML][HTML] Thermal response to periodic heating of a heat sink incorporating a phase change material

S Mirza, CH Amon, S Chandra - International Journal of Heat and Mass …, 2024 - Elsevier
Phase change materials (PCMs) can effectively dampen temperature fluctuations due to
their high latent heat capacity, leading to decreased average cooling requirements in …