Publications - Marconnet Thermal and Energy Conversion Lab

Dynamic Modeling and Control of a Two-Reactor Metal Hydride Energy Storage System

Applied Energy, vol. 32, p. 119836, 2022.
DOI:10.1016/j.apenergy.2022.119836

Tuning Inter-Particle Contacts and Transport Properties of Maghemite-Thermoset Nanocomposites by Applying Oscillating Magnetic Fields

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 14, p. 16601 - 16610, 2022.
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.2c00331

Sensitivity-Coefficient Based Inverse Heat Conduction Method for Identifying Hot Spots in Electronics: A Comparison of Grid-Refinement Methods

Journal of Electronic Packaging, 144(1), p. 011008 (10 pages), 2022.

DOI: 10.1115/1.4050200

Techno-economic analysis of metal-hydride energy storage to enable year-round load-shifting for residential heat pumps

Energy & Buildings, vol. 256, p. 111700, 2022.

DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2021.111700

Two-fluid modeling of heat transfer in flows of dense suspensions

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, vol. 183, Part A, Feb. 2022, 122068.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2021.122068
Full text on ArXiv

2021

Machine-Learning Assisted Optimization Strategies for Phase Change Materials Embedded within Electronic Packages

Applied Thermal Engineering, vol. 199, p. 117384, 2021.
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2021.117384
Manuscript on ArXiv

Vapor Stem Bubbles Dominate Heat Transfer Enhancement in Extremely Confined Boiling

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 177, 2021, p. 121520.

DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2021.121520

Wide Range Continuously Tunable and Fast Thermal Switching Based on Compressible Graphene Composite Foams

Nature Communications, 12, 4915, 2021.

DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-25083-8

Structural Orientation effect of Cellulose Nanocrystals (CNC) Films on Electrochemical Kinetics and Stability in Lithium-ion Batteries

Chemical Engineering Journal, 128128, 2021.

DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2020.128128

Thermal and mechanical characterization of high performance polymer fabrics for applications in wearable devices

Scientific Reports, 11, 8705, 2021.

DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-87957-7

Cascaded Multi-Core Vapor Chambers for Intra-Package Spreading of High Power, Heterogeneous Heat Loads

Transactions on Components, Packaging and Manufacturing Technology, vol. 11, no. 6, 2021, p. 944-954.

DOI: 10.1109/TCPMT.2021.3069953

Experimental Investigation of Composite Phase Change Material Heat Sinks for Enhanced Passive Thermal Management

Journal of Heat Transfer, 143(1): 013001 (9 pages), 2021.
DOI: 10.1115/1.4048620

2020

Measurement of Hair Thermal Diffusivity with Infrared Microscopy Enhanced Angstrom's Method

Materialia, 2020, vol. 12, pp. 1007333.
DOI: 10.1016/j.mtla.2020.100733

Non-linear Non-Iterative transient inverse conjugate heat transfer method applied to microelectronics

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2020, vol. 152, pp. 119503.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2020.119503

Dynamically Tunable Thermal Transport in Polycrystalline Graphene by Strain Engineering

Carbon, 2020, vol. 158, p. 63-68.
DOI:10.1016/j.carbon.2019.11.060

Thermal Conductivity of Ultra High Molecular Weight Polyethylene: From Fibers to Fabrics

ACS Applied Polymer Materials, vol. 2, no. 2, p. 437-447, 2020.
DOI:10.1021/acsapm.9b00900

A thin film efficient pn-junction thermoelectric device fabricated by self-align shadow mask

Scientific Reports, vol. 10, 1067 (12 pages), 2020.

DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-57991-y

2019

Uncertainty Propagation through a Simulation of Industrial High Pressure Die Casting

Journal of Heat Transfer, Nov. 2019, 141(11): 112101 (7 Pages). DOI: 10.1115/1.4044514

Cold sintering to form bulk maghemite for characterization beyond magnetic properties

International Journal of Ceramic Engineering and Science, vol. 1, no. 3, p. 119-124, 2019. DOI: 10.1002/ces2.10021

Thermally Conductive Reduced Graphene Oxide Thin Films for Extreme Temperature Sensors

Advanced Functional Materials, vol. 29, no. 27, 1901388, 2019. DOI:10.1002/adfm.201901388

Infrared microscopy enhanced Angstrom's method for thermal diffusivity of polymer monofilaments and films

Journal of Heat Transfer, 141(8), 081601, 2019. doi:10.1115/1.4043619

Heat Generation and Thermal Transport in Lithium-Ion Batteries: A Scale-Bridging Perspective

Nanoscale and Microscale Thermophysical Engineering, vol. 23, no. 2, 2019. DOI: 10.1080/15567265.2019.1572679

Reevaluating the suppression function for phonon transport in nanostructures by Monte Carlo techniques

Journal of Applied Physics, 125, 034301, 2019.
DOI: 10.1063/1.5048626

2018

Cosmetically Adaptable Transparent Strain Sensor for Sensitively Delineating Patterns in Small Movements of Vital Human Organs

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 10(50), pp. 44126-44133, 2018.
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.8b16282

Energy Efficient Membrane Distillation through Localized Heating

Desalination, vol. 442, pp. 99-107, 2018.
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2018.05.009

IR images of the test die during benchmarking algorithm

Experimental Investigation of Phase Change Materials for Thermal Management of Handheld Devices

International Journal of Thermal Sciences, vol. 129, p. 358-364, 2018.
doi: 10.1016/j.ijthermalsci.2018.03.012

Microscale Two-Dimensional (2D) Temperature Mapping by Ratiometric Fluorescence Imaging under Orthogonal Excitations

Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, vol. 94, pp. 168-171, 2018.
DOI:10.1016/j.expthermflusci.2018.02.009

Optically Transparent – Thermally Insulating Silica Aerogels for Solar Thermal Insulation

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, vol. 10, no. 15, pp. 12603-12611, 2018.
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.7b18856

3D Inverse Conduction Methodology Coupled with Kriging Method Optimization

Inverse Conduction Heat Transfer and Kriging Interpolation Applied to Temperature Sensor Location in Microchips

Journal of Electronics Packaging, 140(1), 010905, 2018.
doi: 10.1115/1.4039026

Thermoelectric properties and performance of flexible reduced graphene oxide films up to 3,000 K

Nature Energy, vol. 3, 148-156, 2018.
DOI: 10.1038/s41560-018-0086-3

Tuning the Anisotropy of In-plane Thermal Conduction in Thin Films by Modulating Thickness

Physical Review Applied, 9, 011001, 2018.
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevApplied.9.011001

Phonon Conduction in Silicon Nanobeam Labyrinths

Scientific Reports, vol. 7, 6233, 2017.
doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-06479-3

2017

Microscopic Evaluation of Electrical and Thermal Conduction in Random Metal Wire Networks

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, vol. 9, no. 15, pp. 13703-13712, 2017.
doi: 10.1021/acsami.7b00342

A Direct Differential Method for Measuring Thermal Conductivity of Thin Films

Review of Scientific Instruments, 88, 044901, 2017.
doi: 10.1063/1.4979163

Measurement of Interfacial Thermal Conductance in Lithium Ion Batteries

Journal of Power Sources, vol. 343, 2017.
doi:10.1016/j.jpowsour.2017.01.019

2016

Using DIY Practitioners as Lead Users: a Case Study on the Hair Care Industry

Journal of Mechanical Design, 138(10), 101107, 2016.
doi:10.1115/1.4034086

Continuous Carbon Nanotube-based Fibers & Films for Applications Requiring Enhanced Heat Dissipation

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, vol. 8, no. 27, 2016. DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b04114

2015

Assessment of Thermal Properties via Nanosecond Thermoreflectance Method

Nanoscale and Microscale Thermophysical Engineering, vol. 19, no. 4, 2015. doi:10.1080/15567265.2015.1078425

Evaluating Broader Impacts of Nanoscale Thermal Transport Research

Nanoscale and Microscale Thermophysical Engineering, vol. 19, no. 2, 2015. doi:10.1080/15567265.2015.1031857

thermal conductance across solid-liquid interfaces

Enhancing solid-liquid interface thermal transport using self-assembled monolayers

Applied Physics Letters, vol. 106, 211602, 2015. doi:10.1063/1.4921758

Viscosity as a function of Peclet number

Viscosity and Thermal Conductivity of Stable Graphite Suspensions Near Percolation

Nano Letters, vol. 15, No. 1, 2015. doi:10.1021/nl503181w

2014

Reactive Metal Bonding of Carbon Nanotube Arrays for Thermal Interface Applications

IEEE Transactions on Components, Packaging and Manufacturing Technology, vol.4, No. 12, p. 1906-1913, 2014. doi:10.1109/TCPMT.2014.2369371

Solar steam generation by heat localization

Nature Communications, 5:4449, 2014. doi:10.1038/ncomms5449

Effects of heat treatment on the thermal properties of highly nanoporous graphene aerogels using the infrared microscopy technique

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, vol. 76, p. 122-127, 2014.
DOI:10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2014.04.023

Thermal and electrical properties of graphene/carbon nanotube aerogels

Colloids and Surfaces A, vol. 445, pp. 48-53, 2014.
DOI:10.1016/j.colsurfa.2013.12.083

Analysis of Thermal Conductivity and Viscosity of Graphite Suspensions

Journal of Chemical Industry and Engineering, vol. 65, no. S1, pp. 206-210, 2014. (in Chinese)

2013

Thermal Conduction Phenomena in Carbon Nanotubes and Related Nanostructured Materials

Reviews of Modern Physics, Vol. 85, No. 3, pp. 1295-1326, 2013 (invited). doi: 10.1103/RevModPhys.85.1295

From the Casimir Limit to Phononic Crystals: Twenty Years of Phonon Transport Studies using Silicon-on-Insulator Technology

Journal of Heat Transfer, Vol. 135, No. 6, 061601, 2013. (invited)
DOI:10.1115/1.4023577

Heat Capacity, Thermal Conductivity, and Interface Resistance Extraction for Single Walled Carbon Nanotube Films using Frequency-Domain Thermoreflectance

Transactions on Components, Packaging and Manufacturing Technology, Vol. 3, No. 9, pp. 1524-1532, 2013. DOI:10.1109/TCPMT.2013.2254175

Thermal Cycling, Mechanical Degradation, and the Effective Figure of Merit of a Thermoelectric Module

Journal of Electronic Materials, Vol. 42, No. 3, pp. 372-381, 2013.

DOI:10.1007/s11664-012-2366-1

2012

Phonon Conduction in Periodically Porous Silicon Nanobridges

Nanoscale and Microscale Thermophysical Engineering, Vol. 16, No. 4, pp. 199-219, 2012.

DOI:10.1080/15567265.2012.732195

Thermal Conductivity in Porous Silicon Nanowire Arrays

Nanoscale Research Letters, 7:554, 2012.

DOI:10.1186/1556-276X-7-554

Thermal Conductivity and Photoluminescence of Light-Emitting Silicon Nitride Films

Applied Physics Letters, 100, 051908, 2012. DOI:10.1063/1.3682508

Thermoelectric Characterization and Power Generation Using a Silicon-on-Insulator Substrate

Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, Vol. 21, No. 1, pp. 4-6, 2012.
DOI:10.1109/JMEMS.2011.2175704

2011

Thermal Conduction in Aligned Carbon Nanotube–Polymer Nanocomposites with High Packing Density

ACS Nano, vol. 5, pp. 4818-4825, 2011. doi: 10.1021/nn200847u

2010 and earlier

Nanostructured Interfaces for Thermoelectrics

Journal of Electronic Materials, Vol. 39, pp. 1456-1462, 2010. DOI:10.1007/s11664-010-1256-7

Microfabricated Silicon High-Frequency Waveguide Couplers and Antennas

IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, vol. 56, pp. 721-729, May 2009.
DOI:10.1109/TED.2009.2015415

Microwave-Induced Mass Transport Enhancement in Nano-Porous Aluminum Oxide Membranes

Journal of Microwave Power and Electromagnetic Energy, vol. 42, pp. 13-22, 2008.
DOI:10.1080/08327823.2007.11688576

Journal Publications