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Enhancing solid-liquid interface thermal transport using self-assembled monolayers

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Tian, Zhiting, Marconnet, Amy, Chen, Gang·2015·Applied Physics Letters
DOI 10.1063/1.4921758
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The thermal conductance across solid-liquid interfaces is of interest for many applications. Using time-domain thermoreflectance, we measure the thermal conductance across self-assembled monolayers, grown on Au, to ethanol. We systematically study the effect of different functional groups and the alkyl chain length on the thermal conductance. The results show that adding this extra molecular layer can enhance the thermal transport across the solid-liquid interface. While the enhancement is up to 5 times from hexanedithiol, the enhancement from hexanethiol, undecanethiol, and hexadecanethiol is approximately a factor of 2.

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Authors
Tian, Z., Marconnet, A., & Chen, G.
Affiliations
  • Virginia Tech (US)
  • Purdue University West Lafayette (US)
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology (US)
ORCID
Venue
Applied Physics Letters
Publisher
AIP Publishing
Published
2015-05-25
Volume
106
Issue
21
ISSN
  • 0003-6951 (ISSN-L)
  • 1077-3118
DOI
10.1063/1.4921758
OpenAlex
W1598445632
Cited by
95
References
4
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FWCI
4.33
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Applied Physics Letters (publishedVersion)
  • OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information) (submittedVersion)
  • DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-sa)
Funders
U.S. Department of Energy
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Materials Chemistry › Thermal properties of materials
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Electrical and Electronic Engineering › Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Biomedical Engineering › Nanopore and Nanochannel Transport Studies
Keywords
self-assembled monolayers, thermal conductance, ethanol, functional group effects, alkyl chain length, hexanethiol, hexadecanethiol, time-domain thermoreflectance

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