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NATURE MATERIALS
Volume 11, Issue 6, Pages 502-506Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/NMAT3303
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- Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) MURI [FA9550-08-1-0407]
- National Science Foundation (NSF) CMMI [07-26742]
- Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC)
- US Department of Energy [DE-FG02-07ER46453, DE-FG02-07ER46471]
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Interfaces often dictate heat flow in micro- and nanostructured systems(1-3). However, despite the growing importance of thermal management in micro-and nanoscale devices(4-6), a unified understanding of the atomic-scale structural features contributing to interfacial heat transport does not exist. Herein, we experimentally demonstrate a link between interfacial bonding character and thermal conductance at the atomic level. Our experimental system consists of a gold film transfer-printed to a self-assembled monolayer (SAM) with systematically varied termination chemistries. Using a combination of ultra-fast pump-probe techniques (time-domain thermoreflectance, TDTR, and picosecond acoustics) and laser spallation experiments, we independently measure and correlate changes in bonding strength and heat flow at the gold-SAM interface. For example, we experimentally demonstrate that varying the density of covalent bonds within this single bonding layer modulates both interfacial stiffness and interfacial thermal conductance. We believe that this experimental system will enable future quantification of other interfacial phenomena and will be a critical tool to stimulate and validate new theories describing the mechanisms of interfacial heat transport. Ultimately, these findings will impact applications, including thermoelectric energy harvesting, microelectronics cooling, and spatial targeting for hyperthermal therapeutics.
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