Published in Nature Nanotechnology · View the paper (DOI)
Scientists have successfully observed and followed real-time heat transport in van der Waals stacks, where graphene is encapsulated by hexagonal BN. The heat actually flows to the surrounding hBN sheets on an ultrafast timescale of picoseconds, dominating competing heat transfer processes.
Coverage from 2 institutions
- Fast flowing heat in graphene heterostructures ICFO-The Institute of Photonic Sciences · Nov 29, 2017 · first to report
- Fast flowing heat in layered material heterostructures Graphene Flagship · Dec 18, 2017