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  1. In situ thermal conductivity measurement revealing kinetics of thermochemical reactions

    Article • Journal of Applied Physics, June 2024, American Institute of Physics

    Professor Renkun Chen

  2. Suppressing thermal conductivity of nano-grained thermoelectric material using acoustically hard nanoparticles

    Article • Journal of Applied Physics, December 2021, American Institute of Physics

    Professor Renkun Chen

  3. Thermal conductivity modeling of monodispersed microspheres using discrete element method

    Article • Journal of Applied Physics, October 2021, American Institute of Physics

    Professor Renkun Chen

  4. High-temperature stable refractory nanoneedles with over 99% solar absorptance

    Article • APL Materials, March 2019, American Institute of Physics

    Professor Renkun Chen

  5. Near-surface thermal characterization of plasma facing components using the 3-omega method

    Article • Journal of Nuclear Materials, December 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Renkun Chen

  6. Si boride-coated Si nanoparticles with improved thermal oxidation resistance

    Article • Nano Energy, October 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Renkun Chen

  7. High performance multi-scaled nanostructured spectrally selective coating for concentrating solar power

    Article • Nano Energy, September 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Renkun Chen

  8. Ultralow Thermal Conductivity of Multilayers with Highly Dissimilar Debye Temperatures

    Article • Nano Letters, April 2014, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Renkun Chen

  9. Structure-induced enhancement of thermal conductivities in electrospun polymer nanofibers

    Article • Nanoscale, January 2014, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Renkun Chen

  10. Sub-picowatt/kelvin resistive thermometry for probing nanoscale thermal transport

    Article • Review of Scientific Instruments, November 2013, American Institute of Physics

    Professor Renkun Chen

  11. Silicide Nanopowders as Low-Cost and High-Performance Thermoelectric Materials

    Article • JOM, April 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Renkun Chen

  12. Gate-Modulated Thermoelectric Power Factor of Hole Gas in Ge–Si Core–Shell Nanowires

    Article • Nano Letters, February 2013, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Renkun Chen

  13. Probing the limit of one-dimensional heat transfer under extreme bending strain

    Article • Physical Review B, January 2013, American Physical Society (APS)

    Professor Renkun Chen

  14. Phase transformation and thermoelectric properties of bismuth-telluride nanowires

    Article • Nanoscale, January 2013, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Renkun Chen

  15. Thermal transport in phononic crystals: The role of zone folding effect

    Article • Journal of Applied Physics, April 2012, American Institute of Physics

    Professor Renkun Chen

  16. Ultra-sensitive thermal conductance measurement of one-dimensional nanostructures enhanced by differential bridge

    Article • Review of Scientific Instruments, February 2012, American Institute of Physics

    Professor Renkun Chen

  17. The new limit of heat transfer under extreme strain

    Article • January 2012, American Institute of Physics

    Professor Renkun Chen

  18. Critical heat flux of pool boiling on Si nanowire array-coated surfaces

    Article • International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, December 2011, Elsevier

    Professor Renkun Chen

  19. Thermal Conductivity of Ge and Ge–Si Core–Shell Nanowires in the Phonon Confinement Regime

    Article • Nano Letters, November 2011, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Renkun Chen

  20. Observation of Anisotropy in Thermal Conductivity of Individual Single-Crystalline Bismuth Nanowires

    Article • ACS Nano, April 2011, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Renkun Chen

  21. Thermal Conductivity Measurement of Thin Nanowires

    Article • January 2011, ASME International

    Professor Renkun Chen

  22. Fabrication of Microdevices with Integrated Nanowires for Investigating Low-Dimensional Phonon Transport

    Article • Nano Letters, October 2010, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Renkun Chen

  23. Enhanced thermoelectric performance of rough silicon nanowires

    Article • October 2010, World Scientific Pub Co Pte Lt

    Professor Renkun Chen

  24. Thermal conductivity reduction in an individual single crystalline Bi nanowire by size effect

    Article • January 2010, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Renkun Chen

  25. Nanowires for Enhanced Boiling Heat Transfer

    Article • Nano Letters, January 2009, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Renkun Chen

  26. Thermal Conductance of Thin Silicon Nanowires

    Article • Physical Review Letters, September 2008, American Physical Society (APS)

    Professor Renkun Chen

  27. Enhanced thermoelectric performance of rough silicon nanowires

    Article • Nature, January 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Renkun Chen, Dr Erik Garnett