nanothermal

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

nano- +‎ thermal

Adjective[edit]

nanothermal (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to temperature or energy differences within an area on the scale of nanometers.
    • 2002, Phan Ngoc Minh, Ono Takahito, Esashi Masayoshi, Fabrication of Silicon Microprobes for Optical Near-Field Applications, →ISBN:
      With this structure, the nanometallic contact can serve as a nanosized thermal couple for the nanothermal profiler.
    • 2010, Patrick Tabeling, Introduction to Microfluidics, →ISBN, page 218:
      The study of systems of sizes smaller than λp is one of the topics of nanothermal phenomena, a field that has stimulated much research work.
    • 2013, Tong Ho-Ming, Yi-Shao Lai, C.P. Wong, Advanced Flip Chip Packaging, →ISBN, page 453:
      Nanothermal interfaces is one the key areas of current research [61] and includes technologies such as double sided carbon nanotube (CNT) foils and metal nanosprings and nano-wires.