Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI) investigating new materials with high thermal conductivity.
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Y.J. Zhou, W.-P. Hsieh, C.-C. Chen, X. Meng1, F. Tian, Z. Ren, L. Shi, J.-F. Lin, Y. Wang, “Defect Modulated Thermal Transport Behavior of BAs under High Pressure ,” Applied Physics Letters 121, 121902 (2022)
S. Yue, F. Tian, X. Sui, M. Mohebinia, X. Wu, T. Tong, Z. Wang, B. Wu, Q. Zhang, Z. Ren, J. Bao, and X. Liu. “High ambipolar mobility in cubic boron arsenide revealed by transient reflectivity microscopy .” Science 377 (6604), 433-436. (2022)
J.W. Shin, G. A. Gamage, Z. W. Ding, K. Chen, F. Tian, X. Qian, J. W. Zhou, H. Lee, J. S. Zhou, L. Shi, T. Nguyen, F. Han, M. D. Li, D. Broido, A. Schmidt, Z. F. Ren, G. Chen, “High Ambipolar Mobility in Cubic Boron Arsenide ,” Science 377 (6604), 437–440. (2022)
Y. Zhou, C. Li, P. Koirala, G. A. Gamage, H. Wu, S. Li, N. K. Ravichandran, H. Lee, A. Dolocan, B. Lv, D. Broido, Z. Ren, and L. Shi. “Peak thermal conductivity measurements of boron arsenide crystals. ” Phys. Rev. Materials 6, L061601 (2022).
F. Pan, G. A. Gamage, H. Sun, and Z. Ren. “Recent progress on cubic boron arsenide with ultrahigh thermal conductivity .” Journal of Applied Physics 131, no. 5: 055102 (2022)
Z. Ding, K. Chen, B. Song, J. Shin, A. A. Maznev, K. A. Nelson, and G. Chen. “Observation of second sound in graphite over 200 K. ” Nature Communications 13, no. 1 : 1-9 (2022)
X. Li, H. Lee, E. Ou, S. Lee, and L. Shi. “Reexamination of hydrodynamic phonon transport in thin graphite .” Journal of Applied Physics 131, no. 7: 075104 (2022)
S. Kim, F. Mujid, A. Rai, F. Eriksson, J. Suh, P. Poddar, A. Ray, C. Park, E. Fransson, Y. Zhong, and D.A. Muller, “Extremely anisotropic van der Waals thermal conductors. ” Nature 597, no. 7878 : 660-665 (2021)
S. Huyan, Y. Lyu, H. Wang, L. Deng, Z. Wu, B. Lv, K. Zhao, F. Tian, G. Gao, R. Z. Liu, X. Ma, Z. Tang, Me. Gooch, S. Chen, Z. Ren, X. Qian, CW. Chu, “Interfacial Superconductivity Achieved in Parent AEFe2As2 (AE= Ca, Sr, Ba) by a Simple and Realistic Annealing Route. ” Nano letters 21, no. 5: 2191-2198. (2021)
V. Chiloyan, S. Huberman, Z. Ding, J. Mendoza, A.A. Maznev, K.A. Nelson, and G. Chen. “Green’s functions of the Boltzmann transport equation with the full scattering matrix for phonon nanoscale transport beyond the relaxation-time approximation .” Physical Review B 104, no. 24: 245424 (2021)
N. K. Ravichandran, D. Broido, “Exposing the hidden influence of selection rules on phonon–phonon scattering by pressure and temperature tuning. ” Nature Communications 12.1 : 1-7 (2021)
Y. Zhou, C. Li, D. Broido, L. Shi, “A Differential Thin Film Resistance Thermometry Method for Peak Thermal Conductivity Measurements of High Thermal Conductivity Crystals ,” Review of Scientific Instruments 92, 094901 (2021)
H. Wang, Z. Yao, G. S. Jung, Q. Song, M. Hempel, T. Palacios, G. Chen, M. J. Buehler, A. A. Guzik, J. Kong, “Frank-van der Merwe growth in bilayer graphene .” Matter4, no. 10: 3339-3353. (2021)
G. Chen, “Non-Fourier phonon heat conduction at the microscale and nanoscale .” Nature Reviews Physics3, no. 8: 555-569 (2021)
A. Maznev, R. Mincigrucci, F. Bencivenga, V. Unikandanunni, F. Capotondi, G. Chen, Z. Ding, R.A. Duncan, L. Foglia, M. G. Izzo, C. Masciovecchio, A. Martinelli, G. Monaco, E. Pedersoli, S. Bonetti, K. A. Nelson, “Generation and detection of 50 GHz surface acoustic waves by extreme ultraviolet pulses .” Applied Physics Letters 119, no. 4: 044102. (2021)
X. Qian, J. Zhou, G. Chen, “Phonon-engineered extreme thermal conductivity materials. ” Nature Materials: 1-15. (2021)
X. Chen, C.H. Li, Y.M. Xu, A. Dolocan, G. Seward, A.V. Roekeghem, F. Tian, J. Xing, S.C. Guo, N. Ni, Z.F. Ren, J.S. Zhou, N. Mingo, D. Broido, L. Shi, “Effects of Impurities on the Thermal and Electrical Transport Properties of Cubic Boron Arsenide ,” Chemistry of Materials 33, 6974–6982 (2021)
H. Lee, G. Gamage, J. Lyons, F. Tian, B. Smith, E. Glaser, Z. Ren, L. Shi, “Electronic Structure of Cubic Boron Arsenide Probed by Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopy ,” Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics 54, 31LT01 (2021)
F. Mauro, N. H. Protik, C. Li, N. K. Ravichandran, J. Carrete, A. v. Roekeghem, G. KH. Madsen, N. Mingo, and D. Broido. “How dopants limit the ultrahigh thermal conductivity of boron arsenide: a first principles study. ” npj Computational Materials 54 (2021 )
S. Mahat, S. Li, H. Wu, P. Koirala, B. Lv, D. G. Cahill, “Elastic constants of cubic boron phosphide and boron arsenide ,” Phys. Rev. Materials 5, 033606 (2021)
A. Rai, S. Li, H. Wu, B. Lv, D. G. Cahill, “Effect of isotope disorder on the Raman spectra of cubic boron arsenide ,” Phys. Rev. Materials 5, 013603 (2021)
X. Meng, A. Singh, R. Juneja, Y. Zhang, F. Tian, Z. Ren, A. K. Singh, L. Shi, J. Lin, and Y. Wang. “Pressure‐Dependent Behavior of Defect‐Modulated Band Structure in Boron Arsenide .” Advanced Materials 32, 2001942 (2020)
N. Ravichandran, D. Broido. “Phonon-Phonon Interactions in Strongly Bonded Solids: Selection Rules and Higher-Order Processes .” Phys. Rev. X 10, 021063 (2020)
X. Qian, Z. Ding, J. Shin, A. J. Schmidt, and G. Chen. “Accurate measurement of in-plane thermal conductivity of layered materials without metal film transducer using frequency domain thermoreflectance. ” Review of Scientific Instruments 91, 064903 (2020)
N. H. Protik, and D. Broido. “Coupled transport of phonons and carriers in semiconductors: A case study of n-doped GaAs. ” Physical Review B 101, no. 7 075202, (2020)
B. Song, K. Chen, K. Bushick, K. A. Mengle, F. Tian, G. Amila Gamage, Z. Ren, E. Kioupakis, G. Chen, “Optical Properties of Cubic Boron Arsenide .” Applied Physics Letters , 116, 141903 (2020)
Y. Shuai, G. A. Gamage, M. Mohebinia, D. Mayerich, V. Talari, Y. Deng, F. Tian, S. Y. Dai, H. Sun, V. G. Hadjiev, W. Zhang, G. Feng, J. Hu, D. Liu, Z. Wang, Z. Ren, and J. Bao, “Photoluminescence mapping and time-domain thermo-photoluminescence for rapid imaging and measurement of thermal conductivity of boron arsenide. ” Materials Today Physics 13 : 100194 (2020)
V. Chiloyan, S.Huberman, A. A. Maznev, K. A. Nelson, G. Chen, “Thermal transport exceeding bulk heat conduction due to nonthermal micro/nanoscale phonon populations ,” Applied Physics Letters 116, 163102 (2020)
K. Chen, B. Song, N. K. Ravichandran, Q. Zheng, X. Chen, H. Lee, H. Sun, S. Li, G. A. Gamage, F. Tian, Z. Ding, Q. Song, A. Rai, H. Wu, P. Koirala, A. J. Schmidt, K. Watanabe, B. Lv, Z. Ren, L. Shi, D. G. Cahill, T. Taniguchi, D. Broido, and G. Chen, “Ultrahigh thermal conductivity in isotope-enriched cubic boron nitride, ” Science 367, 555-559 (2020)
G. A. Gamage, K. Chen, G.Chen, F. Tian, and Z. Ren. “Effect of nucleation sites on the growth and quality of single-crystal boron arsenide .” Materials Today Physics 11 : 100160 (2019)
Sheng, K. M. Taddei, X. Wang, H. Wu, J. Neuefeind, D. Zackaria, X. Liu, C. D. Cruz, and B. Lv. “Thermal expansion coefficients of high thermal conducting BAs and BP materials .” Applied Physics Letters115, no. 1 (2019): 011901.
H. Sun, K. Chen, G. A. Gamage, H. Ziyaee, F. Wang, Y. Wang, V. G. Hadjiev, F. Tian, G. Chen, and Z. Ren. “Boron isotope effect on the thermal conductivity of boron arsenide single crystals. ” Materials Today Physics 11 : 100169 (2019)
H. Ziyaee, G. A. Gamage, H. Sun, F. Tian, Z. Ren. “Thermodynamic calculation and its experimental correlation with the growth process of boron arsenide single crystals, ” Journal of Applied Physics 126, 155108 (2019);
G. A. Gamage, H. Sun, H. Ziyaee, F. Tian, Z. Ren. “Effect of boron sources on the growth of boron arsenide single crystals by chemical vapor transport, ” Applied Physics Letters 115, 092103 (2019);
X. Chen, C. Li, F. Tian, G. A. Gamage, S. Sullivan, J. Zhou, D. Broido, Z. Ren, L. Shi, “Thermal Expansion Coefficient and Lattice Anharmonicity of Cubic Boron Arsenide, ” Physical Review Applied 11, 064070 (2019)
L. Shi, “Non-resistive Heat Transport by Collective Phonon Flow ,” Science 364, 332–333 (2019)
S. Huberman, R. A. Duncan, K. Chen, B. Song, V. Chiloyan, Z. Ding, A. A. Maznev, G. Chen, K. A. Nelson, “Observation of second sound in graphite at temperatures above 100 K ,” Science 364(6438), 375-379 (2019)
L. Wang, F. Tian, X. Liang, Y. Fu, X. Mu, J. Sun, X.-F. Zhou, K. Luo, Y. Zhang, Z. Zhao, B. Xu, Z. Ren, G. Gao, “High-pressure phases of boron arsenide with potential high thermal conductivity ,” Phys. Rev. B 99, 174104 (2019)
F. Tian , K. Luo, C. Xie, B. Liu, X. Liang, L. Wang, G. A. Gamage, H. Sun, H. Ziyaee, J. Sun, Z. Zhao, B. Xu , G. Gao , X.-F. Zhou, Z. Ren, “Mechanical properties of boron arsenide single crystal ,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 114, 131903 (2019)
N. Ravichandran, D. Broido, “Non-monotonic pressure dependence of the thermal conductivity of boron arsenide, ” Nat. Commun. 10, 827(2019)
Q. Zheng, C. Li, A. Rai, J. Leach, D. Broido, and D. Cahill, “Thermal conductivity of GaN, 71 GaN , and SiC from 150 K to 850 K, ” Phys. Rev. Materials , 3, 014601(2019)
F. Tian and Z. Ren, “High Thermal Conductivity in Boron Arsenide: From Prediction to Reality ,” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 58, 5824-5831 (2019)
J. L. Lyons , J. B. Varley, E. R. Glaser, J. A. Freitas, J. C. Culbertson, F. Tian, G. Gamage, H. Sun, H. Ziyaee, and Z. Ren, “Impurity-derived p-type conductivity in cubic boron arsenide, ” Appl. Phys. Lett. 113(25), 251902 (2018)
Z.W. Ding, J.W. Zhou, B. Song, M. D. Li, T. H. Liu, G. Chen, “Umklapp scattering is not necessarily resistive ,” Phys. Rev. B 98, 180302(R) (2018)
S. T. Gill, J. Damasco, B. E. Janicek, M. S. Durkin, V. Humbert, S. Gazibegovic, D. Car, E. P. A. M. Bakkers, P. Y. Huang, N. Mason, “Selective-Area Superconductor Epitaxy to Ballistic Semiconductor Nanowires ,” Nano Lett. 18, 6121-6128 (2018)
C. Li, N. Ravichandran, L. Lindsay, D. Broido, “Fermi Surface Nesting and Phonon Frequency Gap Drive Anomalous Thermal Transport, ” Physical Review Letters 121 (17), 175901 (2018)
N. Ravichandran, D. Broido,”Unified first-principles theory of thermal properties of insulators,” Physical Review B 98, 085205 (2018).
F. Tian, B. Song, X. Chen, N. K. Ravichandran, Y. Lv, K. Chen, S. Sullivan, J. Kim, Y. Zhou, T. – H. Liu, M. Goni, Z. Ding, J. Sun, G. A. G. U. Gamage, H. Sun, H. Ziyaee, S. Huyan, L. Deng, J. Zhou, A. J. Schmidt, S. Chen, C. – W. Chu, P. Y. Huang, D. Broido, L. Shi, G. Chen, Z. Ren, “Unusual high thermal conductivity in boron arsenide bulk crystals, ” Science 361, 582-585 (2018)
S. Li, Q. Zheng, Y. Lv, X. Liu, X. Wang, P. Y. Huang, D. G. Cahill, B. Lv, “High thermal conductivity in cubic boron arsenide crystals, ” Science 361, 579 (2018)
Q. Zheng, S. Li, C. Li, Y. Lv, X. Liu, P. Y. Huang, D. Broido, B. Lv, D. G. Cahill. “High Thermal Conductivity in Isotopically Enriched Cubic Boron Phosphide, ” Advanced Functional Materials 28(43) 1805116 (2018)
J. Garg, T. F. Luo, G. Chen, “Spectral concentration of thermal conductivity in GaN-A first-principles study ,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 112, 252101 (2018)
T. H. Liu, B. Song, L. Meroueh, Z. Ding, Q. Song, J. Zhou, M. Li, and G. Chen. “Simultaneously high electron and hole mobilities in cubic boron-V compounds: BP, BAs, and BSb, ” Physical Review B 98(8), 081203. (2018)
J. Xing, X. Chen, Y. Zhou, J. C. Culbertson, J. A. Freitas, E. R. Glaser, J. Zhou,L. Shi, N. Ni, “Multimillimeter-sized cubic boron arsenide grown by chemical vapor transport via a tellurium tetraiodide transport agent, ” Appl. Phys. Lett .112, 261901 (2018)
J. Xing, E. R. Glaser, Bai Song, J. C. Culbertson, J. A. Freitas, R. A. Duncan, K. A. Nelson, G. Chen, N. Ni , “Gas-pressure chemical vapor transport growth of millimeter-sized c-BAs single crystals with moderate thermal conductivity, ” Appl. Phys. Lett . 112, 241903 (2018)
J. Kim, E. Fleming, Y. Zhou, L. Shi, “Comparison of Four-probe Thermal and Thermoelectric Transport Measurements of Thin Films and Nanostructures with Microfabricated Electro-thermal Transducers, ” Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics 51, 103002 (2018)
F. Tian, B. Song, B, Lv, J. Sun, S. Huyan, Q. Wu, J. Mao, Y. Ni, Z. Ding, S. Huberman, T.-H. Liu, G. Chen, S. Chen, C.-W. Chu, Z.F. Ren, “Seeded Growth of Boron Arsenide Single Crystals with High Thermal Conductivity, ” Appl. Phys. Lett. 112, 031903 (2018)
W. Ding , J. Zhou, B. Song, V. Chiloyan, M. D. Li , T.-H. Liu, G. Chen, “Phonon Hydrodynamic Heat Conduction and Knudsen Minimum in Graphite, ” Nano Lett . 18, 638 (2018)
Y. Lan, B. Lv, S.C. Liou, J. Yan, J. A. Bao, J. Dampare, M. Zon-dode, R. M. Derbeshi, A. Lisfi, M. R. Wuttig, C. W. Chu, “CBED Investigations of Boron Monoarsenide Crystals. ” Microscopy and Microanalysis 24, no. S1 (2018).
N. H. Protik, A. Katre, L. Lindsay, J. Carrete, N. Mingo, D. Broido, “Phonon thermal transport in 2H, 4H and 6H silicon carbide from first principles, ” Materials Today Physics 1, 31 (2017)
J. Kimling, A. Philippi-Kobs, J. Jacobsohn, H. P. Oepen, D. G. Cahill, “Thermal conductance of interfaces with amorphous SiO2 measured by time-resolved magneto-optic Kerr-effect thermometry, ” Physical Review B 94, 045207 (2017)
N. H. Protik, J. Carrete, N. A. Katcho, N. Mingo, D. Broido, “Ab initio study of the effect of vacancies on the thermal conductivity of boron arsenide, ” Physical Review B 94, 045207 (2016).