Materials | Special Issue : Heat Transport and Thermophysical Properties in Nanomaterials |
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| Published on 2021-9-24 | |
| Dear Colleagues, Heat transport at the nanoscale plays a critical role in energy, informational and communication, advanced materials, manufacturing, vehicles, and aerospace areas in which nanomaterials have been widely involved. Beyond the classical Fourier’s law for diffusive heat conduction at the normal scale, nanoscale heat transport may refer to size-induced ballistic effects, phonon hydrodynamics for normal scattering, coherence considering wave nature of phonons, and thermal waves for superfast heating. Interfaces are demonstrated to not only supply additional scattering and resistance but also be able to rectify heat flows depending on the flow directions. The thermal conductivity of nanomaterials can be decreased or enhanced compared with their bulk counterparts. Thermal functional materials can be achieved with high, low, even tunable thermophysical properties, which will benefit thermal management technologies. Theoretical, numerical, and experimental efforts in methodology have been made toward the understanding and control of heat transport at the nanoscale. The aim of this Special Issue is to provide a platform for researchers to disseminate and review recent advances as well as up-to-date progresses in the nanoscale heat transport areas. The topics of interest are expected to cover heat transport physics in nanostructures, thermophysical properties of nanomaterials, thermal functional materials and their applications, related methodologies, etc. Prof. Dr. Bingyang Cao Prof. Dr. Ming Hu Prof. Dr. Sergey Sobolev Guest Editors
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