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Thermal Conductance of Hydrophilic and Hydrophobic Interfaces
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Using time-domain thermoreflectance, we have measured the transport of thermally excited vibrational energy across planar interfaces between water and solids that have been chemically functionalized with a self-assembled monolayer (SAM). The Kapitza length--i.e., the thermal conductivity of water divided by the thermal conductance per unit area of the interface--is analogous to the "slip length" for water flowing tangentially past a solid surface. We find that the Kapitza length at hydrophobic interfaces (10-12 nm) is a factor of 2-3 larger than the Kapitza length at hydrophilic interfaces (3-6 nm). If a vapor layer is present at the hydrophobic interface, and this vapor layer has a thermal conductivity that is comparable to bulk water vapor, then our experimental results constrain the thickness of the vapor layer to be less than 0.25 nm.
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“For example, TDTR can also be applied to characterize thermal properties of liquids and fluids, such as the thermal conductivity/heat capacity of liquids, 103 thermal conductance of solid/liquid interfaces, 80, 233, 234 the heat transfer coefficient of fluids during evaporation, 235, 236 condensation, 237 microchannel cooling, 238 and flow boiling. 239”
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“TDTR technique is therefore implemented extensively to study the thermal transport mechanisms across interfaces, including the effect of surface chemistry on interfacial thermal conductance across functionalized liquid-solid boundary[95,117,118] and solid-solid interfaces[119], interfacial thermal conductance between metals and dielectrics,[120][121][122][123][124] and interface between low dim”
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“With the advancement of pico-and femtosecond pulsed laser after 1980, this technique has been widely used for studying non-equilibrium electron-phonon interaction [89,90], detecting coherent phonon transport [91][92][93] and thermal transport across interfaces [94][95][96] .”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Ge, Z., Cahill, D. G., & Braun, P. V.
- Affiliations
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (US)
- Venue
- Physical Review Letters
- Publisher
- American Physical Society (APS)
- Published
- 2006-05-08
- Volume
- 96
- Issue
- 18
- Pages
- 186101-186101
- ISSN
- 0031-9007 (ISSN-L)
- 1079-7114
- OpenAlex
- W1996203962
- Cited by
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- FWCI
- 10.04
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Physical Review Letters (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Bulletin of the American Physical Society
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Materials Chemistry › Thermal properties of materials
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Mechanics of Materials › Thermography and Photoacoustic Techniques
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Mechanical Engineering › Heat Transfer and Boiling Studies
- Keywords
- thermal conductance, hydrophobic interface, hydrophilic interfaces, self-assembled monolayers, solid-water interface, vibrational energy transport, time-domain thermoreflectance, interfacial thermal resistance
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