Title
High surface phonon-polariton in-plane thermal conductance along coupled films
Date Issued
01 July 2020
Access level
open access
Resource Type
editorial
Author(s)
Universite de Poitiers
Publisher(s)
MDPI AG
Abstract
Surface phonon-polaritons (SPhPs) are evanescent electromagnetic waves that can propagate distances orders of magnitude longer than the typical mean free paths of phonons and electrons. Therefore, they are expected to be powerful heat carriers capable of significantly enhancing the in-plane thermal conductance of polar nanostructures. In this work, we show that a SiO2/Si (10 µm thick)/SiO2 layered structure efficiently enhances the SPhP heat transport, such that its in-plane thermal conductance is ten times higher than the corresponding one of a single SiO2 film, due to the coupling of SPhPs propagating along both of its polar SiO2 nanolayers. The obtained results thus show that the proposed three-layer structure can outperform the in-plane thermal performance of a single suspended film while improving significantly its mechanical stability.
Start page
1
End page
8
Volume
10
Issue
7
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Nano-procesos
Nano-materiales
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85089595162
Source
Nanomaterials
Sponsor(s)
This research is funded by CREST JST Grant Number JPMJCR19Q3 and JPMJCR19I1, KAKENHI Grants Numbers 15H05869 and 17H02729. The authors thank Sergei Gluchko for the conceptional discussions and Shiyun Xiong for the analytical discussions. We also appreciate the JSPS Core-to-Core Program (A. Advanced Research Networks) for promoting our collaborative works.
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