Soil thermal conductivity is a critical parameter that governs the ability of the ground to transfer heat. It is influenced by a complex interplay of factors such as soil composition, moisture ...

Thermal conductivity of metal organic frameworks Date: March 13, 2023 Source: University of Pittsburgh Summary: Metal organic frameworks, or MOFs, are kind of like plastic building block toys. The ...

A nanodiamond-based sensor that measures the thermal conductivity of living cells at subcellular resolution could help researchers better understand how organisms generate and control heat. By ...

A simple twist has achieved a record-high anisotropy in thermal conductivity, reports an international group of researchers at the University of Chicago, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, ...

Graphite has attracted global interest due to its unique anisotropic properties, including excellent electrical and thermal conductivity. Widely used as a battery anode material and in ...

A collaborative research team has discovered a new inorganic material with the lowest thermal conductivity ever reported. This discovery paves the way for the development of new thermoelectric ...

A research group from the Graduate School of Engineering at Osaka Metropolitan University has shown that 3C-SiC exhibits high thermal conductivity equivalent to the theoretical value, based on ...

Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series A, Mathematical and Physical Sciences, Vol. 237, No. 1210 (Nov. 6, 1956), pp. 344-354 (11 pages) Measurements of the thermal conductivity of TiO2, ...