The recent increasing importance of the thermal properties of materials is explained both by practical needs and fundamental science. Heat removal has become a crucial issue for continuing progress in ...

Hot topic Fluorescent nanodiamonds coated with a heat-releasing polymer act as both a heat source and a sensor for intracellular measurements of thermal conductivity. (Courtesy: iStock/Mervana) A ...

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 ...

Semiconductors are a key component in smartphones, televisions, and other devices used in daily life using these devices generates heat, resulting in performance degradation and a shorter product life ...

The measured thermal conductivity of 3C-SiC at room temperature is compared with other high thermal conductivity crystals as a function of wafer size. The shaded portion includes the data from large ...

In the early years of the new Millennium, a presentation at the International Solid State Circuits Conference addressed the issue of chip temperature. The presentation plotted how chip temperatures ...

Thermal analyses are the second most frequently performed simulations. (Structural analyses top the list.) And although most thermal simulations are done with finite elements, there are advantages to ...

A study determined alkali formate, a packer, by using existing correlations. An ion characteristic coefficient for formate (σ HCOO –) is –0.007535. The oil and gas industry uses aqueous salt solutions ...