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Effect of thermal coarsening on the thermal conductivity of nanoporous gold

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The thermal conductivities of nanoporous gold (NPG) microwires annealed at different temperatures have been measured in the temperature range from 100 to 320 K. Considering the electron-surface scattering, the thermal conductivity is expected to increase with the increase of ligament diameter. However, the thermal conductivity of NPG microwire is found to decrease after thermal coarsening, and has a maximum value at around 250 K for the as-dealloyed sample. We suggest that the defects accumulating at a relatively high temperature and the reduction in defect spacing may cause these temperature behaviors of thermal conductivity. Taking into account the electron scattering on ligament surfaces and defects, a modified theoretical model for the thermal conductivity of nanoporous metal is proposed to agree with our experimental results.

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Acknowledgements

This work was supported by the National Nature Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos 51106029, 11102140, 50925519, 50776017, 50730006), the Ph.D. Programs Foundation of Ministry of Education of China (Grant Nos. 20110141120024, 20110092120006), and Open Research Fund Program of Key Laboratory of Transients in Hydraulic Machinery, Ministry of Education.

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  1. School of Mechanical Engineering and Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Design and Manufacture of Micro/Nano Biomedical Instruments, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210096, People’s Republic of China

    Jianli Wang & Yunfei Chen

  2. Department of Engineering Mechanics, Key Laboratory for Thermal Science and Power Engineering of Education Ministry, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, People’s Republic of China

    Jianli Wang, Jianjun Zhu & Xing Zhang

  3. School of Power and Mechanical Engineering, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430072, People’s Republic of China

    Re Xia

  4. School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan, 250100, People’s Republic of China

    Yi Ding

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Wang, J., Xia, R., Zhu, J. et al. Effect of thermal coarsening on the thermal conductivity of nanoporous gold. J Mater Sci 47, 5013–5018 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-012-6377-3

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