Thermal conductivity and interfacial thermal conductance play crucial roles in the design of
engineering systems where temperature and thermal stress are of concerns. To date, a …

Researchers have sought for standards, methodologies and procedures to properly
measure the thermal properties of Thermal Energy Storage (TES) materials. Among them …

Organic phase change materials are usually insulating in nature, and they are unlikely to
directly trigger latent heat storage through an electrical way. Here we report a multifunctional …

Accurate and continuous measurements of soil thermal and hydraulic properties are
required for environmental, Earth and planetary science, and engineering applications, but …

When a new ground source heat exchanger field is planned, underground thermal
properties input data are necessary for the correct sizing of the geo-exchange system. To …

We demonstrate a steady-state thermoreflectance-based optical pump-probe technique to
measure the thermal conductivity of materials using a continuous wave laser heat source …

Thermally insulating lightweight cement-based composites with excellent mechanical
properties are urgently needed for the development of sustainably energy-saving buildings …

Increasing use of the ground as a thermal reservoir is expected in the near future. Shallow
geothermal energy (SGE) systems have proved to be sustainable alternative solutions for …

Fluids containing colloidal suspensions of nanometer-sized particles (nanofluids) have been
extensively investigated in recent decades with promising results. Driven by the increase in …

Powder thermal properties play a critical role in laser powder-bed fusion (LPBF) additive
manufacturing, specifically, the reduced effective thermal conductivity compared to that of …