Thermal transport performance of polymers and polymer composites has been widely
studied as electrical insulating encapsulations for the many applications in microelectronics …

Polymers are known as thermally insulated materials with reported effective thermal
conductivity (Keff) in the range of 0.1 to 0.5 Wm− 1 K− 1. However, increasing demand for …

In this article, we review thermal transport in polymers with different morphologies from
aligned fibers to bulk amorphous states. We survey early and recent efforts in engineering …

Common polymers are thermal insulators. Turning polymer insulators into heat conductors is
of fundamental interest and technological importance. Thermally conductive polymers may …

The thermal conductivity of the proton exchange membrane significantly affects the
operating performance of the fuel cell. In this work, the impact of water content and …

Manipulating thermal conductivity through nanoengineering is of critical importance to
advance technologies, such as soft robotics, artificial skin, wearable electronics, batteries …

Human brains use a tree-like neuron network for information processing at high efficiency
and low energy consumption. Tree-like structures have also been engineered to enhance …

For heat conduction along polymer chains, a decrease in the axial thermal conductivity often
occurs when the polymer structure changes from one-dimensional (1D) to three-dimensional …

Molecular-scale design of crystal structures is an emerging approach for significantly
improving the intrinsic properties of polymers. In this study, we performed computational …

Designing polymers with desirable thermal or thermoelectric properties has been a great
goal in the field of organic functional materials. This is widely considered challenging …