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View article: Limitations and Advances in Optical Thermal Transport Measurements: Extremes in Properties, Length Scales, and Temperature
Limitations and Advances in Optical Thermal Transport Measurements: Extremes in Properties, Length Scales, and Temperature Open
Conductive and radiative thermal transport play a critical role in the design, development, and performance of a wide array of technologies and applications. In this review, we focus on the challenges associated with nano- and microscale t…
View article: Design rules for the thermal and elastic properties of rare-earth disilicates
Design rules for the thermal and elastic properties of rare-earth disilicates Open
Rare-earth silicates are the current standard material for use as environmental barrier coatings for SiC-based ceramic matrix composites as hot-section components in gas-turbine engines. Expanding the design space to all available rare-ear…
View article: Sequential Separation of Linear, Mono‐, and Di‐Branched Hexane Isomers on a Robust Coordination Polymer with Nonbonding Flexibility
Sequential Separation of Linear, Mono‐, and Di‐Branched Hexane Isomers on a Robust Coordination Polymer with Nonbonding Flexibility Open
Efficient separation of hexane isomers is a crucial process for upgrading gasoline. Herein, the sequential separation of linear, mono‐, and di‐branched hexane isomers by a robust stacked 1D coordination polymer termed as Mn‐dhbq ([Mn(dhbq)…
View article: Discrimination of xylene isomers in a stacked coordination polymer
Discrimination of xylene isomers in a stacked coordination polymer Open
The separation and purification of xylene isomers is an industrially important but challenging process. Developing highly efficient adsorbents is crucial for the implementation of simulated moving bed technology for industrial separation o…
View article: Observation of solid-state bidirectional thermal conductivity switching in antiferroelectric lead zirconate (PbZrO3)
Observation of solid-state bidirectional thermal conductivity switching in antiferroelectric lead zirconate (PbZrO3) Open
Materials with tunable thermal properties enable on-demand control of temperature and heat flow, which is an integral component in the development of solid-state refrigeration, energy scavenging, and thermal circuits. Although gap-based an…
View article: CCDC 2067421: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination
CCDC 2067421: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination Open
An entry from the Cambridge Structural Database, the world’s repository for small molecule crystal structures. The entry contains experimental data from a crystal diffraction study. The deposited dataset for this entry is freely available …
View article: Flexible Zn-MOF with Rare Underlying <i>scu</i> Topology for Effective Separation of C6 Alkane Isomers
Flexible Zn-MOF with Rare Underlying <i>scu</i> Topology for Effective Separation of C6 Alkane Isomers Open
Adsorptive separation by porous solids provides an energy-efficient alternative for the purification of important chemical species compared to energy-intensive distillations. Particularly, the separation of linear hexane isomers from its b…
View article: Thermal conductivity measurements of sub-surface buried substrates by steady-state thermoreflectance
Thermal conductivity measurements of sub-surface buried substrates by steady-state thermoreflectance Open
Measuring the thermal conductivity of sub-surface buried substrates is of significant practical interests. However, this remains challenging with traditional pump–probe spectroscopies due to their limited thermal penetration depths. Here, …
View article: Tuning network topology and vibrational mode localization to achieve ultralow thermal conductivity in amorphous chalcogenides
Tuning network topology and vibrational mode localization to achieve ultralow thermal conductivity in amorphous chalcogenides Open
Amorphous chalcogenide alloys are key materials for data storage and energy scavenging applications due to their large non-linearities in optical and electrical properties as well as low vibrational thermal conductivities. Here, we report …
View article: High In-Plane Thermal Conductivity of Aluminum Nitride Thin Films
High In-Plane Thermal Conductivity of Aluminum Nitride Thin Films Open
High thermal conductivity materials show promise for thermal mitigation and heat removal in devices. However, shrinking the length scales of these materials often leads to significant reductions in thermal conductivities, thus invalidating…
View article: Compositional and phase dependence of elastic modulus of crystalline and amorphous Hf1-<i>x</i>Zr<i>x</i>O2 thin films
Compositional and phase dependence of elastic modulus of crystalline and amorphous Hf1-<i>x</i>Zr<i>x</i>O2 thin films Open
The elastic moduli of amorphous and crystalline atomic layer-deposited Hf1-xZrxO2 (HZO, x = 0, 0.31, 0.46, 0.79, 1) films prepared with TaN electrodes on silicon substrates were investigated using picosecond acoustic measurements. The modu…
View article: Spontaneous chemical functionalization via coordination of Au single atoms on monolayer MoS <sub>2</sub>
Spontaneous chemical functionalization via coordination of Au single atoms on monolayer MoS <sub>2</sub> Open
Single Au atoms on MoS 2 monolayers offer an effective way to control optical, electronic, and thermal properties of 2D materials.
View article: Chain-Length Dependence of Thermal Conductivity in 2D Alkylammonium Lead Iodide Single Crystals
Chain-Length Dependence of Thermal Conductivity in 2D Alkylammonium Lead Iodide Single Crystals Open
In 2D organic-inorganic hybrid perovskite materials, layers of conducting inorganic material are separated by insulating organic spacers whose length and composition can be tuned. We report the heat capacity and cross-plane thermal conduct…
View article: Monolayer Vanadium‐Doped Tungsten Disulfide: A Room‐Temperature Dilute Magnetic Semiconductor
Monolayer Vanadium‐Doped Tungsten Disulfide: A Room‐Temperature Dilute Magnetic Semiconductor Open
Dilute magnetic semiconductors (DMS), achieved through substitutional doping of spin‐polarized transition metals into semiconducting systems, enable experimental modulation of spin dynamics in ways that hold great promise for novel magneto…
View article: Molecular tail chemistry controls thermal transport in fullerene films
Molecular tail chemistry controls thermal transport in fullerene films Open
Herein we report on the thermal conductivities of alkyl- and indene-group functionalized fullerene derivative thin films as measured via time domain thermoreflectance and steady state thermoreflectance. The thermal conductivities vary from…
View article: Thermionic transport across gold-graphene-WSe <sub>2</sub> van der Waals heterostructures
Thermionic transport across gold-graphene-WSe <sub>2</sub> van der Waals heterostructures Open
This paper demonstrates a realistic device for nanoscale cooling and power generation made out of 2D van der Waals structures.
View article: Spatially resolved thermoreflectance techniques for thermal conductivity measurements from the nanoscale to the mesoscale
Spatially resolved thermoreflectance techniques for thermal conductivity measurements from the nanoscale to the mesoscale Open
Thermoreflectance techniques, namely, time- and frequency-domain thermoreflectance (TDTR and FDTR, respectively), are ubiquitously used for the thermophysical characterization of thin films and bulk materials. In this perspective, we discu…
View article: A steady-state thermoreflectance method to measure thermal conductivity
A steady-state thermoreflectance method to measure thermal conductivity Open
We demonstrate a steady-state thermoreflectance-based optical pump-probe technique to measure the thermal conductivity of materials using a continuous wave laser heat source. The technique works in principle by inducing a steady-state temp…
View article: Charge‐Induced Disorder Controls the Thermal Conductivity of Entropy‐Stabilized Oxides
Charge‐Induced Disorder Controls the Thermal Conductivity of Entropy‐Stabilized Oxides Open
Manipulating a crystalline material's configurational entropy through the introduction of unique atomic species can produce novel materials with desirable mechanical and electrical properties. From a thermal transport perspective, large di…
View article: Size Effects on the Cross-Plane Thermal Conductivity of Transparent Conducting Indium Tin Oxide and Fluorine Tin Oxide Thin Films
Size Effects on the Cross-Plane Thermal Conductivity of Transparent Conducting Indium Tin Oxide and Fluorine Tin Oxide Thin Films Open
Visibly transparent and electrically conductive oxides are attractive for a wide array of applications. Indium tin oxide (ITO) and fluorine tin oxide (FTO) are the subset of the larger transparent conducting oxide family and possess transm…
View article: Substrate thermal conductivity controls the ability to manufacture microstructures via laser-induced direct write
Substrate thermal conductivity controls the ability to manufacture microstructures via laser-induced direct write Open
In controlling the thermal properties of the surrounding environment, we provide insight into the underlying mechanisms driving the widely used laser direct write method for additive manufacturing. We find that the onset of silver nitrate …
View article: One-of-a-kind: a microporous metal–organic framework capable of adsorptive separation of linear, mono- and di-branched alkane isomers <i>via</i> temperature- and adsorbate-dependent molecular sieving
One-of-a-kind: a microporous metal–organic framework capable of adsorptive separation of linear, mono- and di-branched alkane isomers <i>via</i> temperature- and adsorbate-dependent molecular sieving Open
Clean separation of linear, monobranched, and dibranched alkanes is achieved using a flexible, microporous metal–organic framework (MOF).
View article: Small-mass atomic defects enhance vibrational thermal transport at disordered interfaces with ultrahigh thermal boundary conductance
Small-mass atomic defects enhance vibrational thermal transport at disordered interfaces with ultrahigh thermal boundary conductance Open
The role of interfacial nonidealities and disorder on thermal transport across interfaces is traditionally assumed to add resistance to heat transfer, decreasing the thermal boundary conductance (TBC).$^1$ However, recent computational wor…
View article: Psychometric Properties of the Spanish version of the Family Adaptability and Cohesion Evaluation Scale IV
Psychometric Properties of the Spanish version of the Family Adaptability and Cohesion Evaluation Scale IV Open
All the results supported the adequacy of the Spanish version, which is also promising for use in educational settings, in counseling and in research. Findings with the Spanish version of FACES IV are similar to findings in the United Stat…
View article: Synthesis, Structure, and Selective Gas Adsorption of a Single-Crystalline Zirconium Based Microporous Metal–Organic Framework
Synthesis, Structure, and Selective Gas Adsorption of a Single-Crystalline Zirconium Based Microporous Metal–Organic Framework Open
Porous metal-organic framework (MOF) materials with high thermal and water stability are desirable for various adsorption based applications. Early transition metal based MOFs such as those built on zirconium metal have been well recognize…