Tiny tool measures heat at the nanoscale

Thursday, February 27, 2014 - 10:30 in Physics & Chemistry

How heat flows at the nanoscale can be very different than at larger scales. Understanding how surfaces affect the transport of the fundamental units of heat, called phonons, could impact everything from thermoelectric materials to microelectronic cooling devices.

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