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Ultrahigh thermal conductivity confirmed in boron arsenide by Dames, Chris

“…High-quality crystals minimize conductivity losses caused by phonon scattering at defects Few materials possess ultrahigh thermal conductivity κ at room…”
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Mean free path spectra as a tool to understand thermal conductivity in bulk and nanostructures by Yang, Fan, Dames, Chris

“…A rigorous derivation is given for the thermal conductivity accumulation function and mean free path (MFP) spectrum of an isotropic bulk material. The key…”
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Thermal Boundary Conductance: A Materials Science Perspective by Monachon, Christian, Weber, Ludger, Dames, Chris

“…The thermal boundary conductance (TBC) of materials pairs in atomically intimate contact is reviewed as a practical guide for materials scientists. First,…”
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Effective phonon mean free path in polycrystalline nanostructures by Hori, Takuma, Shiomi, Junichiro, Dames, Chris

“…We have calculated the mean free path (MFP) of phonons associated with grain boundary scattering in polycrystalline nanostructures, by developing a Monte Carlo…”
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Material and manufacturing cost considerations for thermoelectrics by LeBlanc, Saniya, Yee, Shannon K., Scullin, Matthew L., Dames, Chris, Goodson, Kenneth E.

“…Interest in thermoelectrics for waste-heat recovery and localized cooling has flourished in recent years, but questions about cost and scalability remain…”
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Anomalously low electronic thermal conductivity in metallic vanadium dioxide by Lee, Sangwook, Hippalgaonkar, Kedar, Yang, Fan, Hong, Jiawang, Ko, Changhyun, Suh, Joonki, Liu, Kai, Wang, Kevin, Urban, Jeffrey J., Zhang, Xiang, Dames, Chris, Hartnoll, Sean A., Delaire, Olivier, Wu, Junqiao

“…In electrically conductive solids, the Wiedemann-Franz law requires the electronic contribution to thermal conductivity to be proportional to electrical…”
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Advances in Thermal Conductivity by Toberer, Eric S, Baranowski, Lauryn L, Dames, Chris

“…This review discusses recent advances in materials engineering to control thermal conductivity. We begin by presenting theories of heat conduction for general…”
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Double-negative-index ceramic aerogels for thermal superinsulation by Xu, Xiang, Zhang, Qiangqiang, Hao, Menglong, Hu, Yuan, Lin, Zhaoyang, Peng, Lele, Wang, Tao, Ren, Xuexin, Wang, Chen, Zhao, Zipeng, Wan, Chengzhang, Fei, Huilong, Wang, Lei, Zhu, Jian, Sun, Hongtao, Chen, Wenli, Du, Tao, Deng, Biwei, Cheng, Gary J, Shakir, Imran, Dames, Chris, Fisher, Timothy S, Zhang, Xiang, Li, Hui, Huang, Yu, Duan, Xiangfeng

“…Ceramic aerogels are attractive for thermal insulation but plagued by poor mechanical stability and degradation under thermal shock. In this study, we designed…”
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Thickness-Dependent Thermal Conductivity of Encased Graphene and Ultrathin Graphite by Jang, Wanyoung, Chen, Zhen, Bao, Wenzhong, Lau, Chun Ning, Dames, Chris

“…The thermal conductivity of graphene and ultrathin graphite (thickness from 1 to ∼20 layers) encased within silicon dioxide was measured using a heat spreader…”
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Controlled ripple texturing of suspended graphene and ultrathin graphite membranes by Lau, Chun Ning, Bao, Wenzhong, Miao, Feng, Chen, Zhen, Zhang, Hang, Jang, Wanyoung, Dames, Chris

“…Graphene is nature's thinnest elastic material and displays exceptional mechanical 1 , 2 and electronic properties 3 , 4 , 5 . Ripples are an intrinsic feature…”
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Thermal Conductivity of Nanocrystalline Silicon: Importance of Grain Size and Frequency-Dependent Mean Free Paths by Wang, Zhaojie, Alaniz, Joseph E, Jang, Wanyoung, Garay, Javier E, Dames, Chris

“…The thermal conductivity reduction due to grain boundary scattering is widely interpreted using a scattering length assumed equal to the grain size and…”
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Integrated cooling (i-Cool) textile of heat conduction and sweat transportation for personal perspiration management by Peng, Yucan, Li, Wei, Liu, Bofei, Jin, Weiliang, Schaadt, Joseph, Tang, Jing, Zhou, Guangmin, Wang, Guanyang, Zhou, Jiawei, Zhang, Chi, Zhu, Yangying, Huang, Wenxiao, Wu, Tong, Goodson, Kenneth E., Dames, Chris, Prasher, Ravi, Fan, Shanhui, Cui, Yi

“…Perspiration evaporation plays an indispensable role in human body heat dissipation. However, conventional textiles tend to focus on sweat removal and pay…”
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Investigation of phonon coherence and backscattering using silicon nanomeshes by Lee, Jaeho, Lee, Woochul, Wehmeyer, Geoff, Dhuey, Scott, Olynick, Deirdre L., Cabrini, Stefano, Dames, Chris, Urban, Jeffrey J., Yang, Peidong

“…Phonons can display both wave-like and particle-like behaviour during thermal transport. While thermal transport in silicon nanomeshes has been previously…”
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Apparent self-heating of individual upconverting nanoparticle thermometers by Pickel, Andrea D., Teitelboim, Ayelet, Chan, Emory M., Borys, Nicholas J., Schuck, P. James, Dames, Chris

“…Individual luminescent nanoparticles enable thermometry with sub-diffraction limited spatial resolution, but potential self-heating effects from high…”
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Extreme fast charging of commercial Li-ion batteries via combined thermal switching and self-heating approaches by Zeng, Yuqiang, Zhang, Buyi, Fu, Yanbao, Shen, Fengyu, Zheng, Qiye, Chalise, Divya, Miao, Ruijiao, Kaur, Sumanjeet, Lubner, Sean D., Tucker, Michael C., Battaglia, Vincent, Dames, Chris, Prasher, Ravi S.

“…The mass adoption of electric vehicles is hindered by the inadequate extreme fast charging (XFC) performance (i.e., less than 15 min charging time to reach 80%…”
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New approach to waste-heat energy harvesting: pyroelectric energy conversion by Pandya, Shishir, Velarde, Gabriel, Zhang, Lei, Wilbur, Joshua D., Smith, Andrew, Hanrahan, Brendan, Dames, Chris, Martin, Lane W.

“…Harvesting waste heat for useful purposes is an essential component of improving the efficiency of primary energy utilization. Today, approaches such as…”
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Adapting the Electron Beam from SEM as a Quantitative Heating Source for Nanoscale Thermal Metrology by Yuan, Pengyu, Wu, Jason Y, Ogletree, D. Frank, Urban, Jeffrey J, Dames, Chris, Ma, Yanbao

“…The electron beam (e-beam) in the scanning electron microscopy (SEM) provides an appealing mobile heating source for thermal metrology with spatial resolution…”
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Understanding the Role of Ferroelastic Domains on the Pyroelectric and Electrocaloric Effects in Ferroelectric Thin Films by Pandya, Shishir, Velarde, Gabriel A., Gao, Ran, Everhardt, Arnoud S., Wilbur, Joshua D., Xu, Ruijuan, Maher, Josh T., Agar, Joshua C., Dames, Chris, Martin, Lane W.

“…Temperature‐ and electric‐field‐induced structural transitions in a polydomain ferroelectric can have profound effects on its electrothermal susceptibilities…”
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Simultaneous Enhancement of Electrical Conductivity and Thermopower of Bi2Te3 by Multifunctionality of Native Defects by Suh, Joonki, Yu, Kin Man, Fu, Deyi, Liu, Xinyu, Yang, Fan, Fan, Jin, Smith, David J., Zhang, Yong-Hang, Furdyna, Jacek K., Dames, Chris, Walukiewicz, Wladyslaw, Wu, Junqiao

“…Simultaneous increases in electrical conductivity (up to 200%) and thermopower (up to 70%) are demonstrated by introducing native defects in Bi2Te3 films,…”
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Raman Spectroscopy of Ripple Formation in Suspended Graphene by Chen, Chun-Chung, Bao, Wenzhong, Theiss, Jesse, Dames, Chris, Lau, Chun Ning, Cronin, Stephen B

“…Using Raman spectroscopy, we measure the optical phonon energies of suspended graphene before, during, and after thermal cycling between 300 and 700 K. After…”
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