The silicon-on-insulator (SOI) metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors (MOSFETs) suffer intensive self-heating effects due to the reduced thermal conductivity of the silicon layer while the feature sizes of devices scale down to the nanome...
Methylcellulose is a thermoresponsive polymer that undergoes thermally induced association and gelation upon heating, with behavior strongly influenced by thermal history, concentration, and ionic environment. In this work, dynamic light scattering (...
In recent years, thermophoresis has emerged as a promising tool for quantifying biomolecular interactions. The underlying microscopic physical effect is still not understood, but often attributed to changes in the hydration layer once the binding occ...
Nanocrystalline CeO2 exhibits size-dependent lattice distortions linked to defect chemistry and surface effects. However, the relationships between the oxidation state, surface interactions, and nanoparticle structure remain unclear in the existing l...
Galactic cosmic rays (CRs) are a fundamental non-thermal component of the interstellar medium (ISM). Understanding the transport of super-high-energy particles is essential for interpreting observations of Galactic PeVatrons. Classical diffusion mode...
This work documents the annealing effect on the thermal conductivity of nanotube film (CNTB) and carbon nanotube fiber (CNTF). The thermal properties of carbon nanotube samples are measured by using the transient electro-thermal (TET) technique, and...
Bismuth-Telluride-based compounds are unique materials for thermoelectric cooling applications. Because Bi2Te3 is a narrow gap semiconductor, the bipolar diffusion effect is a critical issue to enhance thermoelectric performance. Here, we report the...
To optimize the thermal design of AlGaN-GaN high-electron-mobility transistors (HEMTs), which incorporate high power densities, an accurate prediction of the underlying thermal transport mechanisms is crucial. Here, a HEMT-structure (Al0.17Ga0.83N, G...
Soft nanomaterials like aerogels are subject to thermal fluctuations, so that their structure randomly fluctuates with time. Neutron elastic and inelastic scattering experiments provide unique structural and dynamic information on such systems with n...
The dynamics of water and agarose molecules in an agarose aqueous solution has been studied by means of quasielastic neutron scattering (QENS). The dynamic structure factor S (Q,E) of the agarose aqueous solution was fitted well to the sum of the Lor...
We investigated the anisotropic thermoelectric properties of the Bi2Te2.85Se0.15Ix (x = 0.0, 0.1, 0.3, 0.5 mol.%) compounds, synthesized by ball-milling and hot-press sintering. The electrical conductivities of the Bi2Te2.85Se0.15Ix were significantl...
The effects of solution treatment time on the morphology evolution of Si particles and the thermal conductivity and tensile properties of Sb-modified alloys were studied. The results show that the evolution of Si particles follows four mechanisms: sp...
This study develops and critically assesses a modified flash-laser method for estimating, in a single arrangement, the effective thermal diffusivity and the effective near-infrared laser absorptivity of a bulk (8-mm-thick) 310S austenitic stainless s...
In this study, we review some aspects of the application of free randomly moving (RM) electron density and its probability density function distribution to the main free electron transport characteristics of elemental metals. It is shown that metal a...
Heat transfer phenomena in multilayer structures have gained interest due to their promising use in thermal insulation and thermoelectricity applications. In such systems, nanostructuring has been used to introduce moderate interfacial density, and i...
Low-symmetry two-dimensional (2D) materials have exhibited novel anisotropic properties in optics, electronics, and mechanics. Such characteristics have opened up new avenues for fundamental research on nano-electronic devices. In-plane thermal condu...
Thermophoretic behavior of a free protein changes upon ligand binding and gives access to information on the binding constants. The Soret effect has also been proven to be a promising tool to gain information on the hydration layer, as the temperatur...
A methodology for the computation of spectrally resolved upwelling radiances in the presence of atmospheric diffusive layers is presented. The algorithm, called MAMA (Martinazzo–Maestri), provides fast simulations over the whole longwave spectr...
Porous light-absorbing and thermoregulating low-vacuum aluminum coatings (AC) precipitated by thermal evaporation were the object of this study. The small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS), electron microscopy, precision hydrostatic weighing, and the dyn...
In this work, the potential of spectroscopic techniques was studied to investigate heat-induced changes occurring during the application of thermal treatments on cod (Gadus morhua L.) fillets. Vacuum-packed samples were thermally treated in a water b...
This study presents new Nano-enhanced Phase Change Materials, NePCMs, formulated as dispersions of functionalized graphene nanoplatelets in a poly(ethylene glycol) with a mass-average molecular mass of 400 g·mol−1 for possible use in Thermal Energy S...
The implementation of thermal barriers in thermoelectric materials improves their power conversion rates effectively. For this purpose, material boundaries are utilized and manipulated to affect phonon transmissivity. Specifically, interface intermix...
The closed mesoporous polymer gels have garnered significant attention as advanced thermal insulation materials due to their superior lightweight characteristics and excellent thermal management capabilities. To accurately predict their thermal perfo...
This review summarizes experimental data illuminating the mechanism of suppression of heat-induced protein aggregation by a-crystallin, one of the small heat shock proteins. The dynamic light scattering data show that the initial stage of thermal agg...
Highly (111)-oriented nanotwinned Cu (nt-Cu) films were fabricated on silicon wafers for thermal-stress characterization. We tailored the microstructural features (grain scale and orientation) of the films by tuning the electroplating parameters. The...
Developing sustainable and scalable personal thermal management textiles that simultaneously provide radiative cooling, moisture comfort, and responsible end-of-life management remains challenging. Here, we report a sustainable, scalable, and recycla...
Flexible Sb2Te3-based thermoelectric (TE) materials are promising candidates for fabricating energy devices that power wearable electronics and sensors. Enhancing the TE properties of Sb2Te3 thin films represents a significant scientific investigatio...
This article describes the incompressible two-dimensional heat and mass transfer of an electrically conducting second-grade fluid flow in a porous medium with Hall and ion slip effects, diffusion thermal effects, and radiation absorption effects. It...
In situ X-ray reciprocal space mapping was performed during the interval heating and cooling of InGaN/GaN quantum wells (QWs) grown via metal–organic vapor phase epitaxy (MOVPE). Our detailed in situ X-ray analysis enabled us to track changes i...
Diffuse greenhouse glass can increase the production and growth of several crops, by scattering the incoming direct sunlight, which results in a better and more homogeneous light distribution in the crop canopy. Tomato and bell pepper growers in Belg...
Electron dynamics in the polycrystalline bismuth films were investigated by measuring emitted terahertz (THz) radiation pulses after their photoexcitation by tunable wavelength femtosecond duration optical pulses. Bi films were grown on metallic Au,...
Single crystal diamond has been recognized as the optimal tool material in ultra-precision machining. However, the excessive tool wear prevents it from cutting ferrous materials. This paper conducts a series of thermal analysis tests under the condit...
InZnP:Ag nano-rods fabricated by the ion milling method were thermally annealed in the 250~350 °C temperature range and investigated the optimum thermal annealing conditions to further understand the mutual correlation between the optical propert...
Copper alloys are critical heat sink materials for fusion reactor divertors due to their high thermal conductivity (TC) and strength, yet their performance under extreme particle bombardment and heat fluxes in future tokamaks requires enhancement. Wh...
We investigate the effect of free carrier dynamics on heat transport in bulk crystalline Silicon following femtosecond optical excitation of varying fluences. By taking advantage of the dense 500 MHz standard fill pattern in the PLS-II storage ring,...
We demonstrate that dopant inhomogeneity strongly suppresses thermal conductivity in Cd/Eu co-doped, non-polar a-plane-oriented ZnO films grown on r-plane sapphire (Al2O3) by plasma-assisted molecular beam epitaxy. X-ray diffraction confirms the a-pl...
Reinhard Schlickeiser has made groundbreaking contributions to various aspects of blazar physics, including diffusive shock acceleration, the theory of synchrotron radiation, the production of gamma-rays through Compton scattering in various astrophy...
This paper reports the design of Ag-Al2O3-Ag heterojunctions based on Ag nanorods (AgNRs) and their applications as thermally stable and ultrasensitive substrates of surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS). Specifically, an ultrathin Al2O3 capping l...
Two groups of martensitic alloys were examined for changes induced by deep cryogenic treatment (DCT). The first group was a range of binary and ternary compositions with 0.6 wt % carbon, and the second group was a commercial AISI D2 tool steel. X-ray...
The precipitation sequence of a Cu-Ni-Be alloy is: α-Cu supersaturated solid solution → Guinier-Preston (G.P.) zones → metastable γ″ → γ′ → stable γ (NiBe) phase. The micro-hardness and electric...
Relativistic shocks are one of the most plausible sites of the emission of strongly variable, polarized multi-wavelength emission from relativistic jet sources such as blazars, via the diffusive shock acceleration (DSA) of relativistic particles. Thi...
Electrical and thermal transport measurements on quenched NaCl-type Ag1/3Pb1/3Sb1/3Se reveal an n-type semiconductor with a Seebeck coefficient up to −140 μVK−1 and a thermal conductivity as low as 0.52 WmK−1. Short-range order i...
This paper presents a detailed physical model for a novel method of two- and three-dimensional microstructure formation: dry electron beam etching of the resist (DEBER). This method is based on the electron-beam induced thermal depolymerization of po...
Determining the postmortem interval remains one of the most persistent and fragmented challenges in forensic science. Conventional approaches—thermal, biochemical, molecular, or entomological—capture only isolated fragments of a single ph...
In this study, we aimed to elucidate the effects of temperature on the photoluminescence from ZnO–SiO2 nanocomposite and to describe the preparation of SiO2-coated ZnO nanocrystals using a chemical precipitation method, as confirmed by Fourier...
The present paper deals with the study of the fluence rate over both healthy and tumor tissues in the presence of focal laser ablation (FLA). We propose new analytical solutions for a coupled partial differential equation (PDE) system, which includes...
The annealing process is one of the most common methods used to study the thermal stability of multilayers. To study the effect of the annealing process on the microstructural variation in NiV/B4C multilayers, different annealing experiments were per...
The biological interfaces encountered by ultrasound are rarely welded in the ideal elastic sense. Around tissue–implant contacts, fibrotic capsules, thin membranes, hydrated layers, and tissue-mimicking phantoms, a weak boundary may involve fin...
Currently, an intensive search for high-performance lead-free ferroelectric materials is taking place. ABO3 perovskites (A = Ba, Bi, Ca, K and Na; B = Fe, Nb, Ti, and Zr) appear as promising candidates. Understanding the structure–function relationsh...
We present fully relativistic calculations of integral cross sections and swarm transport properties for positron–radon scattering over a wide energy range (0–1000 eV) and reduced electric field range (0.01–1000 Td). Elastic (total,...
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