Thermal Properties of Graphene and Carbon Materials – From Physics to Applications in Thermal Management
The discovery of unique heat conduction properties of graphene motivated research focused on the thermal conductivity of graphene, few-layer graphene, and composites with graphene fillers, and at the same time, renewed interest in the thermal properties of other carbon materials such as diamond. Recent developments suggest that thermal technologies have become the large-scale practical application of graphene – one can now buy commercial thermal paste or epoxies with graphene fillers, or sports jackets with graphene-enhanced textiles for better heat spreading. On the other hand, diamond, which has the highest isotropic thermal conductivity, is a promising material for thermal management in power electronics applications. The acoustic phonon transport and heat conduction in graphene, carbon nanotubes, graphite films, graphite oxide, diamond, and composites with various carbon fillers continue to be exciting topics for fundamental science research. The thermal conductivity of composites and fluids with graphene and other carbon materials has gained a lot of interest. There are new developments in theoretical approaches and experimental techniques for investigating phonons, phonon transport, and thermal properties of carbon materials. The proposed Special Topic Issue will reflect the recent progress in understanding the physics of heat conduction in graphene and carbon materials and capture the exciting developments in the field, which is transitioning from fundamental physics to commercial applications of graphene and carbon materials in thermal management.
The discovery of unique heat conduction properties of graphene motivated research focused on the thermal conductivity of graphene, few-layer graphene, and composites with graphene fillers, and at the same time, renewed interest in the thermal properties of other carbon materials such as diamond. Recent developments suggest that thermal technologies have become the large-scale practical application of graphene – one can now buy commercial thermal paste or epoxies with graphene fillers, or sports jackets with graphene-enhanced textiles for better heat spreading. On the other hand, diamond, which has the highest isotropic thermal conductivity, is a promising material for thermal management in power electronics applications. The acoustic phonon transport and heat conduction in graphene, carbon nanotubes, graphite films, graphite oxide, diamond, and composites with various carbon fillers continue to be exciting topics for fundamental science research. The thermal conductivity of composites and fluids with graphene and other carbon materials has gained a lot of interest. There are new developments in theoretical approaches and experimental techniques for investigating phonons, phonon transport, and thermal properties of carbon materials. The proposed Special Topic Issue will reflect the recent progress in understanding the physics of heat conduction in graphene and carbon materials and capture the exciting developments in the field, which is transitioning from fundamental physics to commercial applications of graphene and carbon materials in thermal management.Topics covered include, but are not limited to:
- Phonon transport and heat conduction in graphene, few-layer graphene, carbon nanotubes, graphene oxide, diamond, and other carbon allotropes
- Advances in graphene and diamond growth, hetero-integration with other materials for thermal management
- New theoretical and computational approaches for the description of heat conduction in graphene and carbon materials
- Physics of thermal transport in composites with graphene, carbon nanotubes, graphene oxide, nano-diamond, and other carbon materials
- Investigation of acoustic and optical phonons in carbon materials with innovative materials characterization techniques
- Innovative techniques to measure and image thermal interfaces
- Physics of thermal boundary resistance, Kapitsa resistance, and phonon engineering of interfaces
- Thermal characterization and reliability of carbon-based materials for thermal management applications
- Physics and thermal characterization of graphene-enhanced pastes, gels, pads, phase change materials, and thin films
Guest Editors
Alexander A. Balandin, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, USA
Johan Liu, Department of Microtechnology and Nanoscience, Chalmers University of Technology, Göteborg, Sweden
Nicola Marzari, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
Anirudha V. Sumant, Center for Nanoscale Materials, Argonne National Laboratory, USA