Researchers harness the power of a new solid-state thermal technology Engineers prove that a single material can be both thermal conductor and insulator on demand Date: June 21, 2022 Source ...

But the insulator-turned-conductor could only dissipate heat in one direction, along the length of each polymer chain. Heat couldn’t travel between polymer chains, due to weak Van der Waals ...

Engineers turn plastic insulator into heat conductor Technique could prevent overheating of laptops, mobile phones, and other electronics Date: March 30, 2018 Source: Massachusetts Institute of ...

Innovative lightweight concrete combining nano-silica and EPS shows significant improvements in thermal insulation and ...

Water is also a conductor despite not being a metal. Some materials, such as wooden corks are good electrical and thermal (heat) insulators. Gases are generally poor electrical conductors.

This short film introduces pupils to conductors and insulators. It investigates how heat and electricity are transferred or not through different materials and illustrates the role that molecules ...

Ren, Zheng Li, and his team at UB, now report a new strategy to achieve high thermal conductive electric insulator polyethylene with high dielectric constant and strength. In this work, published in ...

Rather than being either insulators or conductors, these new materials can kind of be both at the same time, preventing heat from moving through in one direction but allowing it to freely move in ...

And yet, researchers have attempted to turn these natural thermal insulators into conductors. For electronics, polymers would offer a unique combination of properties, as they are lightweight ...