%0 Journal Article
%A Persson, Bo
%T Thermal interface resistance: cross-over from nanoscale to macroscale
%J Journal of physics / Condensed matter
%V 26
%N 1
%@ 1361-648X
%C Bristol
%I IOP Publ.
%M FZJ-2015-03807
%P 015009
%D 2014
%X In a recent work Gotsmann and Lantz have observed that the thermal interface conductivity for a nano-sized nominal contact area is proportional to the normal contact pressure in a wide pressure range, with a prefactor which is typically ~103 higher than observed for the same materials at the macroscale. Here I discuss the cross-over from the nanoscale to the macroscale. I show that for macroscopic solids the spreading resistance will dominate the interfacial resistance in most cases.
%F PUB:(DE-HGF)16
%9 Journal Article
%U <Go to ISI:>//WOS:000328194600010
%R 10.1088/0953-8984/26/1/015009
%U https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/201512