The heat conductivity of the advanced material graphene when it is in contact with other materials—the way it is likely to be used in future nanoelectronics applications—has been a mystery until now.

Modern portable and wearable electronic devices increasingly integrate high-performance components and wireless communication technologies. While this integration enhances functionality, it also ...

Scientists have long hailed diamond as nature’s ultimate heat conductor, but that crown may now belong to a synthetic crystal. Researchers at the University of Houston have discovered that boron ...

Researchers have discovered a way to make a versatile thermal conductor, with promise for more energy-efficient electronic devices, green buildings and space exploration. They have demonstrated that a ...

A team of Drexel Materials researchers has designed a transition metal oxide that exhibits unique electrical properties, making it a potential ultrafast thermal conductor that could transform the ...

Diamond, well known as a precious gemstone, also has numerous remarkable physical properties that make it important in industrial applications. Photo Source: morguefile.com A surprising material has ...

Superb conductors of heat and infinitesimal in size, carbon nanotubes might be used to prevent overheating in next-generation computing devices or as fillers to enhance thermal conductivity of ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) There has been quite a buzz about graphene, a single atomic layer thick, plane of carbon atoms arranged in a honeycomb lattice. Discovered only in 2004, graphene exhibits many ...

QUT researchers have identified why some materials can block heat more effectively, which is a key feature for energy conversion, insulation and gas storage.

Drexel University researchers are turning some of the basic tenets of chemistry and physics upside down to cut a trail toward the discovery of a new set of materials. They’re called “polar metals” and ...