Nanoscale thermal transport, at Chalmers, Nov. 10, 2014
Symposium on nanoscale thermal transport
On November 10, 2014, as a Chalmers Materials activity, we invite
Scandinavian participants and international guests to partiticpate
in a symposium on Nanoscale Thermal Transport.
The event will be held at Chalmers, starting around noon
(to allow travel), will run until the late afternoon, and will end
with a mingle, measurement demonstrations,
meal, and discussions in the evening.
Understanding nanoscale thermal transport is becomming essential,
both when seeking to improve heat dissipation (passive cooling) and
when seeking to inhibit the heat flow in thermoelectrics (for active
cooling or for thermal-energy harvesting). Key challenges for progress
include developments of measuring techniques, of materials
synthesis and characterization, and of thermal-transport theory
and modeling. Our symposium aims to bring together Swedish
researchers and measurement/consulting companies as well as
Nordic, other European, and transatlantic guests to exchange
ideas and stimulate further interactions.
Confirmed speakers include
- Distinguished Professor Gerald D. Mahan, Penn State University,
Phonon drag and the Seebeck coefficient of silicon
- Dr. Bernt Gotsmann, IBM Zürich,
Nanoscale thermometry and thermal transport on the molecular scale
- Prof. Georg Madsen, Ruhr Universität Bochum,
Good vibrations: Thermal conductivity from the Boltzmann Transport
Equations
- Prof. Ole Martin Løvvik, Olso University,
Energy filtering as a way to reduce thermal transport in nanoscale materials
- Prof. Anders Palmqvist, Chalmers, Nanoscale thermal transport and modern thermoelectrics.
- Prof. Johan Gustavsson, HotDisk AB and Chalmers, Pulse-Transient-Hot-Strip technique for measuring thermal transport properties of nanostructured materials.
- Dr. Yi Ma, HotDisk AB, Thermal-transport measurement demonstrations
- Dr. Sofia Fahlvik Svensson, Lund Technical University, Thermoelectric power factor enhancement in
InAs nanowires
- Prof. Göran Johansson, Chalmers, Talking with a giant atom: towards phononic quantum-information processing
- Prof. Johan Liu, Chalmers, Carbon-based thermal spreaders in microelectronics
- Prof. Paul Erhart, Chalmers, Computing thermal transport in layered, van der Waals bound heterostructures
We are awaiting confirmation of participation from several more invitees.
Email Per Hyldgaard
if you have questions or comments!
Revised October 1, 2014 Per Hyldgaard