Refereed Journal Publications

Refereed Journal Publications (see Google Scholar for most current information)

2021

• L.Tang and C Dames, "Anisotropic thermal conductivity tensor measurements using beam-offset frequency domain thermoreflectance (BO-FDTR) for materials lacking in-plane symmetry," International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 164, 120600 (2021).


• Q Zheng, M Hao, R Miao, J Schaadt and C Dames, "Advances in thermal conductivity for energy applications: a review," Progress in Energy 3, 012002 (2021).



2020

• K. Tang, X. Wang, K. Dong, Y. Li, J. Li, B. Sun, X. Zhang, C. Dames, C. Qiu, J. Yao, and J. Wu, "A Thermal Radiation Modulation Platform by Emissivity Engineering with Graded Metal–Insulator Transition," Advanced Materials 32, 1907071 (2020).


• A.D. Pickel and C. Dames, "Size and shape effects on the measured peak temperatures of nanoscale hotspots," Journal of Applied Physics 128, 045103 (2020).


• V. Mishra, J.E. Garay, and C. Dames, "Leveraging Anisotropy for Coupled Optimization of Thermal Transport and Light Transmission in Micro‐Structured Materials for High‐Power Laser Applications," Advanced Theory and Simulations 3, 2000036 (2020).


• C. Liu, W. Si, C. Wu, J. Yang, Y. Chen, and C. Dames, "The ignored effects of vibrational entropy and electrocaloric effect in PbTiO₃ and PbZr_0.5Ti_0.5O₃ as studied through first-principles calculation," Acta Materialia 191, 221-229 (2020).


• Q. Zheng, S. Kaur, C. Dames, and R.S. Prasher, "Analysis and improvement of the hot disk transient plane source method for low thermal conductivity materials," International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 151, 119331 (2020).


• P. Yuan, J.Y. Wu, D.F. Ogletree, J.J. Urban, C. Dames, and Y. Ma, "Adapting the Electron Beam from SEM as a Quantitative Heating Source for Nanoscale Thermal Metrology," Nano Letters 20, 3019-3029 (2020).



2019

• W. Hodges and C. Dames, "A multi-frequency 3ω method for tracking moving phase boundaries," Review of Scientific Instruments 90, 094903 (2019).


• G. Velarde, S. Pandya, L. Zhang, D. Garcia, E. Lupi, R. Gao, J.D. Wilbur, C. Dames, and L.W. Martin, "Quantifying Intrinsic, Extrinsic, Dielectric, and Secondary Pyroelectric Responses in PbZr_1–xTi_xO₃ Thin Films," ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces 11, 35146-35154 (2019).


• O. Kwon, G. Wehmeyer, and C. Dames, "Modified ballistic–diffusive equations for obtaining phonon mean free path spectrum from ballistic thermal resistance: II. Derivation of Integral Equation Based on Ballistic Thermal Resistance," Nanoscale and Microscale Thermophysical Engineering (2019).


• O. Kwon, G. Wehmeyer, and C. Dames, "Modified ballistic–diffusive equations for obtaining phonon mean free path spectrum from ballistic thermal resistance: I. Introduction and validation of the equations," Nanoscale and Microscale Thermophysical Engineering 3, 259-273 (2019).


• H.S. Choe, R. Prabhakar, G. Wehmeyer, F.I. Allen, W. Lee, L. Jin, Y. Li, P. Yang, C. Qiu, C. Dames, M. Scott, A. Minor, J. Bahk, and J. Wu, "Ion Write Microthermotics: Programming Thermal Metamaterials at the Microscale," Nano Letters 19, 3830-3837 (2019).


• C. Liu, Y. Chen, and C. Dames, "Electric-Field-Controlled Thermal Switch in Ferroelectric Materials Using First-Principles Calculations and Domain-Wall Engineering," Physical Review Applied 11, 044002 (2019).


• X. Xu, Q. Zhang, M. Hao, Y. Hu, Z. Lin, L. Peng, T. Wang, X. Ren, C. Wang, Z. Zhao, C. Wan, H. Fei, L. Wang, J. Zhu, H. Sun, W. Chen, T. Du, B. Deng, G.J. Cheng, I. Shakir, C. Dames, T.S. Fisher, X. Zhang, H. Li, Y. Huang, and X. Duan, "Dougle-negative-index ceramic aerogels for thermal superinsulation," Science 363, 723-727 (2019).


• S. Pandya, G.A. Velarde, R. Gao, A.S. Everhardt, J.D. Wilbur, R. Xu, J.T. Maher, J.C. Agar, C. Dames, and L.W. Martin, "Understanding the Role of Ferroelastic Domains on the Pyroelectric and Electrocaloric Effects in Ferroelectric Thin Films," Advanced Materials 31, 1803312 (2019).



2018

• G. Wehmeyer, K.C. Bustillo, A.M. Minor, and C. Dames, "Measuring temperature-dependent thermal diffuse scattering using scanning transmission electron microscopy," Applied Physics Letters 113, 253101 (2018).


• A.D. Pickel, A. Teitelboim, E.M. Chan, N.J. Borys, P.J. Schuck, and C. Dames, "Apparent self-heating of individual upconverting nanoparticle thermometers," Nature Communications 9, 4907 (2018).


• M.I. Khan, S.D. Lubner, D.F. Ogletree, and C. Dames, "Temperature dependence of secondary electron emission: A new route to nanoscale temperature measurement using scanning electron microscopy," Journal of Applied Physics 124, 195104 (2018).


• M. Hao, J. Li, S. Park, S. Moura, and C. Dames, "Efficient thermal management of Li-ion batteries with a passive interfacial thermal regulator based on a shape memory alloy," Nature Energy 3, 899-906 (2018).


• C. Liu, V. Mishra, Y. Chen, and C. Dames, "Large Thermal Conductivity Switch Ratio in Barium Titanate Under Electric Field through First‐Principles Calculation," Advanced Theory and Simulations, 1800098 (2018).


• G. Wehmeyer, A.D. Pickel, and C. Dames, "Onsager reciprocity relation for ballistic phonon heat transport in anisotropic thin films of arbitrary orientation," Physical Review B 98, 014304 (2018).


• S. Pandya, J. Wilbur, J. Kim, R. Gao, A. Dasgupta, C. Dames, and L.W. Martin, "Pyroelectric energy conversion with large energy and power density in relaxor ferroelectric thin films," Nature Materials 17, 432-438 (2018).


• T. Li, A.D. Pickel, Y. Yao, Y. Chen, Y. Zeng, S.D. Lacey, Y. Li, Y. Wang, J. Dai, Y. Wang, B. Yang, M.S. Fuhrer, A. Marconnet, C. Dames, D.H. Drew, and L. Hu, "Thermoelectric properties and performance of flexible reduced graphene oxide films up to 3000 K," Nature Energy 3, 148-156 (2018).



2017

• G. Wehmeyer, T. Yabuki, C. Monachon, J. Wu, and C. Dames, "Thermal diodes, regulators, and switches: Physical mechanisms and potential applications," Applied Physics Reviews 4, 041304 (2017).


• S. Pandya, J.D. Wilbur, B. Bhatia, A. Damodaran, C. Monachon, A. Dasgupta, W.P. King, C. Dames, and L.W. Martin, "Direct Measurement of Pyroelectric and Electrocaloric Effects in Thin Films," Physical Review Applied 7, 034025 (2017).


• S. Lee, K. Hippalgaonakar, F. Yang, J. Hong, C. Ko, J. Suh, K. Liu, K. Wang, J.J. Urban, X. Zhang, C. Dames, S.A. Hartnoll, O. Delaire, and J. Wu, "Anomalously low electronic thermal conductivity in metallic vanadium dioxide," Science 355, 371-374 (2017).


• J. Lee, W. Lee, G. Wehmeyer, S. Dhuey, D.L. Olynick, S. Cabrini, C. Dames, J.J. Urban, and P. Yang, "Investigation of phonon coherence and backscattering using silicon nanomeshes," Nature Communications 8, 14054 (2017).



2016

• Z. Wei, G. Wehmeyer, C. Dames, and Y. Chen, "Geometric tuning of thermal conductivity in three-dimensional anisotropic phononic crystals," Nanoscale 8, 16612-16620 (2016).


• C. Monachon, L. Weber, and C. Dames, "Thermal Boundary Conductance: A Materials Science Perspective," Annual Review of Materials Research 46, 433-463 (2016).


• J. D. Kilbane, E.M. Chan, C. Monachon, N.J. Borys, E.S. Levy, A.D. Pickel, J.J. Urban, P.J. Schuck, and C. Dames, "Far-field optical nanothermometry using individual sub-50 nm upconverting nanoparticles," Nanoscale 8(22), 11611-11616 (2016).


• W. Bao, A. D. Pickel, Q. Zhang, Y. Chen, Y. Yao, J. Wan, K. Fu, Y. Wang, J. Dai, H. Zhu, D. Drew, M. Fuhrer, C. Dames, and L. Hu, "Flexible, High Temperature, Planar Lighting with Large Scale Printable Nanocarbon Paper," Advanced Materials 28, 4684 (2016).


• H. Natesan, W. Hodges, C. Jeunghwan, S. D. Lubner, C. Dames and J. Bischof, "A Micro-Thermal Sensor for Focal Therapy Applications," Scientific Reports 6, 21395 (2016).


• C. Dames, "Cost optimization of thermoelectric materials for power generation: The case for ZT at (almost) any cost," Scripta Materialia 111, 16 (2016).



2015

• Z. Chen and C. Dames, "An anisotropic model for the minimum thermal conductivity," Applied Physics Letters 107, 193104 (2015).


• V. Mishra, C. L. Hardin, J. E. Garay, and C. Dames, "A 3 Omega Method to Measure an Arbitrary Anisotropic Thermal Conductivity Tensor," Review of Scientific Instruments 86, 054902 (2015).


• T. Hori, J. Shiomi, and C. Dames, "Effective phonon mean free path in polycrystalline nanostructures," Applied Physics Letters 106, 171901 (2015).


• F. Yang and C. Dames, "Heating frequency dependent thermal conductivity: an analytical solution from diffusive to ballistic regime and its relevance to phonon scattering measurements," Physical Review B 91, 165311 (2015).


• J. Suh, K. M. Yu, D. Fu, X. Liu, F. Yang, J. Fan, D. J. Smith, Y. H. Zhang, J. K. Furdyna, C. Dames, W. Walukiewicz, and J. Wu, "Simultaneous Enhancement of Electrical Conductivity and Thermopower of Bi₂Te₃ by Multi-Functionality of Native Defects," Advanced Materials 27, 3681 (2015).


• L. Shi, C. Dames, J. R. Lukes, P. Reddy, J. C. Duda, D. Cahill, J. Lee, A. Marconnet, K. Goodson, J. H. Bahk, A. Shakouri, R. Prasher, J. Felts, W. P. King, B. Han, and J. C. Bischof, "Evaluating Broader Impacts Of Nanoscale Thermal Transport Research". Nanoscale and Microscale Thermophysical Engineering 19 127 (2015).


• A. T. Wieg, Y. Kodera, Z. Wang, C. Dames, and J. E. Garay, "Thermomechanical properties of rare earth doped AlN for laser gain media: The role of grain boundaries and grain size," Acta Materialia 86, 148 (2015).


• S. D. Lubner, J. Choi, G. Wehmeyer, B. Waag, V. Mishra, H. Natesan, J. C. Bischof, and C. Dames, "Reusable Bi-Directional 3ω Sensor to Measure Thermal Conductivity of 100-μm Thick Biological Tissues," Review of Scientific Instruments 86, 014905 (2015).



2014

• Z. Chen, C. Wong, S. D. Lubner, S. Yee, J. Miller, W. Jang, C. Hardin, A. Fong, J. Garay, and C. Dames, "A Photon Thermal Diode," Nature Communications 5, 5446 (2014). Note: This paper has been retracted due to a fundamental error in the configuration of several key experiments, which invalidated two of the three main claims of the paper. More Information.


• H. Guo, M. I. Khan, C. Cheng, W. Fan, C. Dames, J. Wu and A. M. Minor, "VO₂ Nanowire-Based Microthermometer for Quantitative Evaluation of Electron Beam Heating," Nature Communications 5, 4986 (2014).


• S. LeBlanc*, S. Yee*, M. Scullin, C. Dames, and K. E. Goodson, "Material and Manufacturing Cost Considerations for Thermoelectrics," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 32, 313 (2014).



2013

• W. Jang, W. Bao, L. Jing, C. N. Lau, and C. Dames, "Thermal Conductivity of Suspended Few-layer Graphene by a Modified T Bridge Method," Applied Physics Letters 103, 133102 (2013).


• J. P. Angle, Z. Wang, C. Dames, and M. L. Mecartney, "Comparison of two-phase thermal conductivity models with experiments on dilute ceramic composites," Journal of the American Ceramic Society 96, 2935 (2013).


• S. K. Yee, S. LeBlanc, K. E. Goodson, and C. Dames, "“$ per Watt Metrics for Thermoelectric Power Generation: beyond ZT," Energy & Environmental Science 6, 2561 (2013).


• Z. Chen, Z. Wei, Y. Chen, and C. Dames, "Anisotropic Debye model for the thermal boundary conductance," Physical Review  B 87, 125426 (2013).


• F. Yang and C. Dames, "Mean free path spectra as a tool to understand thermal conductivity in bulk and nanostructures," Physical Review  B 87, 035437 (2013).


• Z. Wei, Y. Chen, and C. Dames, "Negative correlation between in-plane bonding strength and cross-plane thermal conductivity in a model layered material," Applied Physics Letters 102, 011901 (2013).



2012

• W. Bao, K. Myhro, Z. Zhao, Z. Chen, W. Jang, L. Jing, F. Miao, H. Zhang, C. Dames, and C. N. Lau, "In Situ Observation of Electrostatic and Thermal Manipulation of Suspended Graphene Membranes,” Nano Letters 12, 5470 (2012).


• A. T. Wieg, Y. Kodera, Z. Wang, T. Imai, C. Dames, and J. E. Garay, "Visible photoluminescence in polycrystalline terbium doped aluminum nitride (Tb:AlN) ceramics with high thermal conductivity," Applied Physics Letters 101, 111903 (2012).


• Z. Wei, Y. Chen, and C. Dames, "Wave packet simulations of phonon boundary scattering at graphene edges," Journal of Applied Physics 112, 024328 (2012).


• E. S. Toberer, L. L. Baranowski, and C. Dames, "Advances in thermal conductivity," Annual Review of Materials Research 42, 179 (2012).



2011

• Z. Wang, J. E. Alaniz, W. Jang, J. E. Garay, and C. Dames, "Thermal Conductivity of Nanocrystalline Silicon: Importance of Grain Size and Frequency-Dependent Mean Free Paths," Nano Letters 11, 2206 (2011).



2010

• W. Jang, Z. Chen, W. Bao, C. N. Lau, and C. Dames, "Thickness-Dependent Thermal Conductivity of Encased Graphene and Ultrathin Graphite," Nano Letters 10, 3909 (2010).
  Erratum: There is a typographical error in Eq. (1) of the published version.


• F. Yang, T. Ikeda, G. J. Snyder, and C. Dames, "Effective thermal conductivity of polycrystalline materials with randomly oriented superlattice grains," Journal of Applied Physics 108, 034310 (2010).



2009

• Z. Chen, W. Jang, W. Bao, C. N. Lau, and C. Dames, "Thermal contact resistance between graphene and silicon dioxide," Applied Physics Letters 95, 161910 (2009).


• C. C. Chen, W. Bao, J. Theiss, C. Dames, C. N. Lau, and S. Cronin, "Raman Spectroscopy of Ripple Formation in Suspended Graphene," Nano Letters 9, 4172 (2009).


• W. Bao, F. Miao, Z. Chen, H. Zhang, W. Jang, C. Dames, and C. N. Lau, "Controlled ripple texturing of suspended graphene and ultrathin graphite membranes," Nature Nanotechnology 4, 562 - 566 (2009).


• C. Dames, "Solid-state thermal rectification with existing bulk materials," ASME Journal of Heat Transfer 131, 061301 (2009).



2007

• C. Dames, S. Chen, C. T. Harris, J. Y. Huang, Z. F. Ren, M. S. Dresselhaus, G. Chen, "A hot wire probe for thermal measurements of nanowires and nanotubes inside a transmission electron microscope," Review of Scientific Instruments 78, 10493 (2007).



2006

• B. Cord, C. Dames, K. Berggren, and J. Aumentado, "Robust shadow-mask evaporation via lithographically-controlled undercut," J. Vac. Sci. Tech. B 24, 3139 (2006).



2005

• C. Dames and G. Chen, "1, 2, and 3 omega methods for measurement of thermal properties," Rev. Sci. Instrum. 76, 124902 (2005).


• B. Poudel, W. Wang, C. Dames, J. Huang, S. Kunwar, D. Wang, D. Banerjee, G. Chen and Z. Ren, "Formation of crystallized titania nanotubes and their transformation into nanowires," Nanotechnology 16, 1935 (2005).
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• C. Dames, G. Chen, B. Poudel, W. Wang, J. Huang, Z. Ren, Y. Sun, J. I. Oh, C. Opeil, S.J., and M. J. Naughton, "Low dimensional phonon heat capacity of titanium dioxide nanotubes," Appl. Phys. Lett. 87, 031901 (2005).



2004

• G. Chen, A. Narayanaswamy, and C. Dames, "Engineering nanoscale phonon and photon transport for direct energy conversion," Superlatt. Microstruct. 35, 161 (2004).


• C. Dames and G. Chen, "Theoretical phonon thermal conductivity of Si-Ge superlattice nanowires," J. Appl. Phys. 95, 682 (2004).

Book and Book Chapters

• Z. Chen and C. Dames, "Applied Thermal Measurements at the Nanoscale: A Beginner's Guide to Electrothermal Methods," Lessons from Nanoscience: A Lecture Notes Series: Volume 7 (2018).


• H. Natesan, J. Choi, S. Lubner, C. Dames, and J. Bischof, "Multi-scale Thermal Conductivity Measurements for Cryobiological Applications," in Multiscale Technologies for Cryomedicine: Implementation from Nano to Macroscale, Chapter 5, 125-171 (2016).


• C. Dames, "Measuring the Thermal Conductivity of Thin Films: 3 Omega and Related Electrothermal Methods," chapter in the Annual Review of Heat Transfer (2013).


• C. Dames, “Microscale Conduction,” in the textbook Heat Conduction, 3rd edition, lead author Latif Jiji, Springer, (2009).


• C. Dames, ''Resistance Temperature Detectors,'' Encyclopedia of Micro- and Nanofluidics, Springer-Verlag, D. Li (Ed.), (2008).


• C. Dames, G. Chen, ''Thermal conductivity of nanostructured thermoelectric materials,'' Thermoelectrics Handbook: Macro to Nano, Chapter 42, CRC Press, ed. D. Rowe, (2005).

Commentaries and Perspectives

• S. Pandya, G. Velarde, L. Zhang, J.D. Wilbur, A. Smith, B. Hanrahan, C. Dames, and L.W. Martin, "New approach to waste-heat energy harvesting: pyroelectric energy conversion," Perspective in NPG Asia Materials 11, 26 (2019).


• C. Dames, "Ultrahigh thermal conductivity confirmed in boron arsenide," Perspective in Science 361, 549-550 (2018).


• C. Dames, "Pulling together to control heat flow," News & Views article in Nature Nanotechnology 7, 82 (2012).


• C. Dames and G. Chen, “Special issue on Energy Nanotechnology,” Guest Editors, ASME Journal of Heat Transfer 130, 040301 (2008).