Thermally functional materials
Qiye Zheng, Jungwoo Shin and David G. Cahill
Toyota Research Insitute of North America

Heat transfer is a critical issue in almost all engineering systems but current capabilities for passive or active control of thermal transport are essentially limited to the case of convective heat transfer by fluids and gases. We are studying the physics of heat conduction in highly anisotropic materials (e.g., MoS₂, graphite), materials that transform from insulating to metallic states (e.g., VO₂), and soft materials that can be manipulated by magnetic and optical fields with the goal of identifying systems and microscopic mechanisms that will enable greater functionality for the control of heat transport.

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