Interfacial thermal resistance: Past, present, and future

J Chen, X Xu, J Zhou, B Li - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2022 - APS
Interfacial thermal resistance (ITR) is the main obstacle for heat flows from one material to
another. Understanding ITR becomes essential for the removal of redundant heat from fast …

Micro/nano-encapsulated phase-change materials (ePCMs) for solar photothermal absorption and storage: Fundamentals, recent advances, and future directions

SA Albdour, Z Haddad, OZ Sharaf, A Alazzam… - Progress in Energy and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Building on their dual functionality for solar photothermal absorption and storage,
slurries/dispersions of micro/nano-encapsulated phase-change materials (ePCMs) are …

Elementary vibrational model for transport properties of dense fluids

SA Khrapak - Physics Reports, 2024 - Elsevier
A vibrational model of transport properties of dense fluids assumes that solid-like oscillations
of atoms around their temporary equilibrium positions dominate the dynamical picture. The …

High temperature liquid thermal conductivity: a review of measurement techniques, theoretical understanding, and energy applications

AZ Zhao, JE Garay - Progress in Materials Science, 2023 - Elsevier
High temperature heat transfer fluids like molten salts and molten metals will unlock the
higher efficiency and lower cost of next generation grid scale energy sources such as …

Intrinsic nanostructure induced ultralow thermal conductivity yields enhanced thermoelectric performance in Zintl phase Eu2ZnSb2

C Chen, Z Feng, H Yao, F Cao, BH Lei, Y Wang… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract The Zintl thermoelectric phase Eu2ZnSb2 has a remarkable combination of high
mobility and low thermal conductivity that leads to good thermoelectric performance. The key …

Machine learning-assisted exploration of thermally conductive polymers based on high-throughput molecular dynamics simulations

R Ma, H Zhang, J Xu, L Sun, Y Hayashi, R Yoshida… - Materials Today …, 2022 - Elsevier
Finding amorphous polymers with higher thermal conductivity is important, as they are
ubiquitous in a wide range of applications where heat transfer is important. With recent …

Thermal transport in polymers: a review

X Wei, Z Wang, Z Tian, T Luo - Journal of Heat …, 2021 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
In this article, we review thermal transport in polymers with different morphologies from
aligned fibers to bulk amorphous states. We survey early and recent efforts in engineering …

Tuning network topology and vibrational mode localization to achieve ultralow thermal conductivity in amorphous chalcogenides

K Aryana, DA Stewart, JT Gaskins, J Nag… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Amorphous chalcogenide alloys are key materials for data storage and energy scavenging
applications due to their large non-linearities in optical and electrical properties as well as …

Bridgman formula for the thermal conductivity of atomic and molecular liquids

SA Khrapak - Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2023 - Elsevier
A simple and popular Bridgman's model predicts a linear correlation between the thermal
conductivity coefficient and the sound velocity of dense liquids. A proportionality coefficient …

[HTML][HTML] Thermal conductive polymer composites: recent progress and applications

J Tan, Y Zhang - Molecules, 2024 - mdpi.com
As microelectronics technology advances towards miniaturization and higher integration, the
imperative for developing high-performance thermal management materials has escalated …