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Heat transfer characteristics of nanofluids have been extensively studied since the 1990s. Research investigations show that the suspended nanoparticles significantly alter the suspension's thermal properties. The thermal conductivity of…
Radiative heat exchange of spherical particles between each other and with thick polarizable plates is studied in the framework of fluctuation electrodynamics. An additive dipole approximation for the thermal conductance of micrometer sized…
Nothing is known about the thermal conductivity in twisted bilayer graphene (TBG) at small twist angles, and how it approaches its aligned value as the twist angle approaches 0 degrees. To provide insight into these questions, we perform…
Recent molecular dynamics simulation methods have enabled thermal conductivity of bulk materials to be estimated. In these simulations, periodic boundary conditions are used to extend the system dimensions to the thermodynamic limit. Such a…
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Aiming at developing high thermal conductivity copper/diamond composite, an unconventional approach applying self-assembled monolayer (SAM) prior to the high-temperature sintering of copper/diamond composite was utilized to enhance the…