Assessing the thermal conductivity of various nanomaterials is essential to material engineering at the nanometric scale. Nanomaterials that conduct heat effectively for example, could be used to ...

Mechanical Engineering Professor Alan McGaughey of Carnegie Mellon University recently coordinated the Phonon Olympics, ...

The ability to engineer the thermal conductivity of materials allows us to control the flow of heat and derive novel functionalities such as thermal rectification, thermal switching and thermal ...

As electrons whiz around the nanosized circuits inside computer chips, they generate a lot of heat. And that waste heat creates a major headache for the electronics industry. It shortens the lifespan ...

Phase change materials display a surprisingly low thermal conductivity even in the crystalline state. Optical data carriers such as DVDs, Blu-rays and CD-RWs store data in layers of so-called "phase ...