Microscale and Nanoscale Heat Transfer

Jean-Jacques Greffet (auth.), Sebastian Volz (eds.)9783540360568, 3540360565

The book constitutes a particularly complete and original collection of ideas, models, numerical methods and experimental tools which will prove invaluable in the study of microscale and nanoscale heat transfer. It should be of interest to research scientists and thermal engineers who wish to carry out theoretical research or metrology in this field, but also to physicists concerned with the problems of heat transfer, or teachers requiring a solid foundation for an undergraduate university course in this area.

Table of contents :
Laws of Macroscopic Heat Transferand Their Limits….Pages 1-13
Transport in Dilute Media….Pages 15-35
Electrons and Phonons….Pages 37-54
Introduction to Radiative Transfer….Pages 55-76
Solution of the Boltzmann Equationfor Phonon Transport….Pages 77-106
Radiative Transfer on Short Length Scales….Pages 107-131
Monte Carlo Method….Pages 133-154
Molecular Dynamics….Pages 155-180
Scanning Thermal Microscopy….Pages 181-238
Optical Techniques for Local Measurement….Pages 239-286
Hybrid Techniquesand Multipurpose Microscopes….Pages 287-307
Energy Exchange at Short Time Scales: Electron–Phonon Interactionsin Metals and Metallic Nanostructures….Pages 309-332
Investigation of Short-Time Heat Transfer Effects by an Optical Pump–Probe Method….Pages 333-359