Heat transfer laws for conduction, radiation and convection change when the dimensions of the systems in question shrink. The altered behaviours can be used efficiently in energy conversion, respectively bio- and high-performance materials to control microelectronic devices. To understand and model those thermal mechanisms, specific metrologies have to be established. This book provides an overview of actual devices and materials involving micro-nanoscale heat transfer mechanisms. These are clearly explained and exemplified by a large spectrum of relevant physical models, while the most advanced nanoscale thermal metrologies are presented.
Author(s): Sebastian Volz (auth.), Sebastian Volz (eds.)
Series: Topics in Applied Physics 118
Edition: 1
Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year: 2009
Language: English
Pages: 588
Tags: Physics, general
Front Matter....Pages I-XX
Front Matter....Pages 1-2
Introduction....Pages 3-15
Nanostructures....Pages 17-62
Green's Function Methods for Phonon Transport Through Nano-Contacts....Pages 63-94
Macroscopic Conduction Models by Volume Averaging for Two-Phase Systems....Pages 95-105
Heat Conduction in Composites....Pages 107-126
Optical Generation and Detection of Heat Exchanges in Metal–Dielectric Nanocomposites....Pages 127-150
Mie Theory and the Discrete Dipole Approximation. Calculating Radiative Properties of Particulate Media, with Application to Nanostructured Materials....Pages 151-212
Thermal Conductivity of Nanofluids....Pages 213-221
Front Matter....Pages 223-224
Nanoengineered Materials for Thermoelectric Energy Conversion....Pages 225-299
Molecular Probes for Thermometry in Microfluidic Devices....Pages 301-341
Cell Targeting and Magnetically Induced Hyperthermia....Pages 343-365
Accounting for Heat Transfer Problems in the Semiconductor Industry....Pages 367-386
Front Matter....Pages 387-388
Photothermal Techniques....Pages 389-409
Thermal Microscopy with Photomultipliers and UV to IR Cameras....Pages 411-438
Near-Field Optical Microscopy in the Infrared Range....Pages 439-467
PhotoThermal Induced Resonance. Application to Infrared Spectromicroscopy....Pages 469-503
Scanning Thermal Microscopy with Fluorescent Nanoprobes....Pages 505-535
Heat Transfer in Low Temperature Micro- and Nanosystems....Pages 537-567
Back Matter....Pages 569-587
