Thermal Nanosystems and Nanomaterials [Paperback]

Heat transfer laws for conduction, radiation and convection change when the dimensions of the systems in question shrink. The altered behaviours can be used efficiently in energy conversion, respectively bio- and high-performance materials to control microelectronic devices. To understand and model those thermal mechanisms, specific metrologies have to be established. This book provides an overview of actual devices and materials involving micro-nanoscale heat transfer mechanisms. These are clearly explained and exemplified by a large spectrum of relevant physical models, while the most advanced nanoscale thermal metrologies are presented.

This overview of actual devices and materials involving micro-nanoscale heat transfer mechanisms features clear explanations exemplified by a host of relevant physical models, at the same time as presenting the most advanced nanoscale thermal metrologies.

Heat transfer laws for conduction, radiation and convection change when the dimensions of the systems in question shrink. The altered behaviours can be used efficiently in energy conversion, respectively bio- and high-performance materials to control microelectronic devices. To understand and model those thermal mechanisms, specific metrologies have to be established. This book provides an overview of actual devices and materials involving micro-nanoscale heat transfer mechanisms. These are clearly explained and exemplified by a large spectrum of relevant physical models, while the most advanced nanoscale thermal metrologies are presented.

Nanomaterials.- Nanostructures.- Green#x0027;s Function Methods for Phonon Transport Through Nano-Contacts.- Macroscopic Conduction Models by Volume Averaging for Two-Phase Systems.- Heat Conduction in Composites.- Optical Generation and Detection of Heat Exchanges in Metal#x2013;Dielectric Nanocomposites.- Mie Theory and the Discrete Dipole Approximation. Calculating Radiative Properties ofl'