Research in thermal and energy science mainly includes phonon transport in meta-materials, optical absorption/chemical reaction/thermal transport in laser-based processing, thermal transport in ...

Thermal energy storage and transport at the nanoscale occurs through the interaction of electrons, phonons, and photons. The objective of this course to address five fundamental questions namely, (1) ...

Consider a polymer blended with diamonds. "Understanding thermal transport mechanisms in polymeric materials has been a long-standing challenge, partly due to the complicated polymer structures ...

In thermoelectric materials, we mainly try to suppress heat transport through the lattice vibrations ... methods to design thermoelectric materials with extremely low thermal conductivity. " ... I was ...