nanothermal

English

Etymology

From nano- +‎ thermal.

Adjective

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.