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. 2020 Dec 10;143(3):031004. doi: 10.1115/1.4049017

Table 3.

Summary of Kapitza thermal resistance of nanostructures from previous reports

Material Nanostructure Solvent Interfacial modification Kapitza resistance (RK, ×10−8 Km−2 W−1) Methods Reference
Pt Nanoparticle Water No 1.61 DMM [55]
Toluene Citrate 0.77 TA
AuPt Nanoparticle, 10 nm Toluene Alkanethiol 20
Nanoparticle, 3–5 nm Water/alcohol Tiopronin 0.50–1.11 [56]
Water/alcohol Thioalkylated ethylene glycol 0.29–0.63
Au-core/AuPt-shell Nanoparticle, 22 nm Water/alcohol CTAB 0.36–0.56
Al Flat surface Water PEG-silane 0.48–0.67 TDTR [57]
Flat surface Water OTS 1.54–1.82
Au Nanoparticle Toluene No 8.33 DMM [55]
Water Citrate 0.83–1.11 SAXS [58]
Flat surface Water C18 1.82–2.22 TDTR [57]
C11OH 0.83–1.25
Nanorod Water CTAB 0.22–0.77 TA [59]
PEG-COOH –0 (underestimated)
Nanoparticle Toluene No 1–2 LJ model [60]
Water 0.59–0.67
Flat surface No Dodecyltriethoxysilane 2.78 TDTR [61]
11-mercapto-undecyltrimethoxysilane 1.54
11-amino-undecyltrietdoxysilane 2.12
11-bromo-undecyltrimethoxysilane 2.56
Dodecyl-dimethyl-monochlorosilane 2.94
Nanorod Methanol CTAB 2.5–3.13 TA [62]
Ethanol 2.63–3.85
Toluene 2.86–4.00
Hexane 3.45–4.76
Flat surface Water n-undecanethiol (n = 11–18) 1.43–1.67 TDTR [63]
Methyl 3-mercaptopropionate 0.65–0.80
11-(1H-pyrrol-1-yl) undecane-1-thiol 0.65–0.80
11-Mercapto-1-undecanol 0.45–0.63
11-Mercapto-undecanoic acid 0.45–0.63
Nanorod Water CTAB 1.2 TA [64]
PEG 0.44
Flat surface Hexylamine SAMs 0.48–1.82 EMD [65]
Carbon Nanotube D2O Polystyrene sulfonate surfactant 8.33 TA [66]