TY - JOUR
AU - Juekuan Yang
AU - Yang Yang
AU - Scott W Waltermire
AU - Xiaoxia Wu
AU - Haitao Zhang
AU - Timothy Gutu
AU - Youfei Jiang
AU - Yunfei Chen
AU - Alfred A Zinn
AU - Ravi S Prasher
AU - Terry T Xu
AU - Deyu Li
AB - <p>Understanding thermal transport in nanostructured materials is important for the development of energy conversion applications1,2,3,4 and the thermal management of microelectronic and optoelectronic devices5. Most nanostructures interact through van der Waals interactions6, and these interactions typically lead to a reduction in thermal transport7,8,9,10. Here, we show that the thermal conductivity of a bundle of boron nanoribbons can be significantly higher than that of a single free-standing nanoribbon. Moreover, the thermal conductivity of the bundle can be switched between the enhanced values and that of a single nanoribbon by wetting the van der Waals interface between the nanoribbons with various solutions.</p>
BT - Nat. Nanotechnol.
DA - 12/2011
DO - 10.1038/nnano.2011.216
LA - eng
N2 - <p>Understanding thermal transport in nanostructured materials is important for the development of energy conversion applications1,2,3,4 and the thermal management of microelectronic and optoelectronic devices5. Most nanostructures interact through van der Waals interactions6, and these interactions typically lead to a reduction in thermal transport7,8,9,10. Here, we show that the thermal conductivity of a bundle of boron nanoribbons can be significantly higher than that of a single free-standing nanoribbon. Moreover, the thermal conductivity of the bundle can be switched between the enhanced values and that of a single nanoribbon by wetting the van der Waals interface between the nanoribbons with various solutions.</p>
PB - Nature Publishing Group
PY - 2011
EP - 91
T2 - Nat. Nanotechnol.
TI - Enhanced and switchable nanoscale thermal conduction due to van der Waals interfaces
VL - 7
ER -