Research

We are currently exploring the following key areas:

• Thermal conduction in thin films and across interfaces.
• Ultrafast and thermal processes in 1D and 2D nanomaterials.
• Electronic and thermal transport in nanocomposites.
• Novel integrated heat sinking and energy harvesting.
• Nanostructured Control of thermal radiation/ Near-field thermal radiative transport.
• Heating in nanoplasmonics.
• Electromigration and thermal failure
• Thermoelectrics and Thermogalvanics

Applications are in:

• Thermal barrier coatings
• High power high frequency electronics
• Microphotonic components
• Heat assisted magnetic recording (HAMR)
• Phase change memory