Doubles interfacial conductance
For the Cr0.22Ni0.78/Al2O3 interface, inserting a 5 nm Cr or 17 nm Cu interlayer as a phonon bridge alleviates phonon mismatch and doubles the interfacial thermal conductance, while an Au interlayer reduces it.
Yingqi, Wang · Yang, Yu · Zhuo, Ju · Ze-Hao, Yu · Hui, Guo · Meilin, Li · Ma, Dengke · Zhang, Lifa · Zhao, Yunshan
Applied Physics Letters 2025
17 nm Cu interlayer doubles ITC
5 nm Cr interlayer doubles ITC
Au interlayer reduces ITC