Effect of Interfacial Thermal Conductance Between the Nanoparticles

Heat transport across nanostructured interfaces, such as between nanoparticles, has been of great interest for advanced thermal management. Interfacial thermal conductance, G, is central to understanding thermal heat transport between nanoparticles that have a contact point between each other as well as the surrounded medium. In this study, we show that G dominates the heat transport compared to the conduction and radiation heat transfer modes between the nanoparticles for values higher than ∼20 (MW/m2K). We also investigate the effect of radius of contact between the nanoparticles on the overall modes of heat transfer.