Prof. Alexander Balandin of University of California, Riverside

The discovery of the unique thermal properties of graphene and few-layer graphene (FLG) [1-2] motivated interest in the applications of graphene in thermal management. The extremely high thermal conductivity of graphene and FLG, mechanical flexibility, and low cost of liquid phase exfoliated FLG and reduced graphene oxide make this class of materials promising for various thermal management applications. In this talk, I will overview the thermal properties of graphene and FLG, and provide specific examples of applications of graphene and FLG fillers in curing and non-curing thermal interface materials (TIMs), thermal phase change materials (PCMs), and thin-film coatings [3-5]. I will also discuss dual-function graphene composites, which can be used simultaneously for thermal management and electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding [6-7].

References:

[1] A. A. Balandin, et al., Nano Lett., 8, 902 (2008);

[2] A. A. Balandin, Nature Mat., 10, 569 (2011);

[3] K. M. F. Shahil and A. A. Balandin, Nano Lett., 12, 861 (2012);

[4] P. Goli, et al., J. Power Sources, 248, 37 (2014);

[5] J. S. Lewis, et al., Nanotechnology, 31, 142003 (2021);

[6] F. Kargar, et al., Adv. Electron. Mater., 5, 1800558 (2019);

[7] Z. Barani, et al., Adv. Electron. Mater., 6, 2000520 (2020).

Biography:

Alexander A. Balandin received his MS degrees Summa Cum Laude in Applied Physics from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Russia; and his Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Notre Dame, USA. He is presently a Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and the University of California Presidential Chair Professor of Materials Science and Engineering. He serves as a Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the Applied Physics Letters. His research expertise covers nanotechnology, materials science, electronics, and solid-state physics. Professor Balandin is a recipient of The MRS Medal from the Materials Research Society for the discovery of graphene thermal properties and the Pioneer of Nanotechnology Award from IEEE for developing the phononics research field. He is an elected Fellow of MRS, APS, IEEE, OSA, SPIE, and AAAS. Since 2015, each year, he has been among the Clarivate Analytics Highly Cited Researchers – a distinction that recognizes the world's most influential researchers of the past decade by citations in the Web of Science. His Google Scholar h-index is 101, with a total number of citations above 63,000. In 2021, Professor Balandin was named The Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellow – the most prestigious DOD award for a U.S. professor with funding that “supports new, out-of-the-box ideas where research creativity intersects with the unknown.” He graduated 40 Ph.D. students who are now employed by Intel, Apple, and other U.S. semiconductor industry leaders. For more information, visit: https://balandingroup.ucr.edu/  

Email:

Address:Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering , University of California, , Riverside , United States, 92521