NanoThermal - a premier platform for nanoscale thermal science and engineering

NanoThermal is an open-access, peer-reviewed journal publishing original research across nanoscale thermal science and engineering. It aims to provide an international platform for high-quality and impactful research from both academia and industry, covering thermal transport, interfacial physics, and advanced thermal functional materials. The journal aspires to be a leading venue and a preferred choice for scientists and engineers in the field.

Thermal transport governs energy transfer and conversion in both natural phenomena and engineered systems. At the nano-, micro-, and mesoscale, heat transfer often deviates from classical macroscopic descriptions due to size effects, interfacial interactions, and non-equilibrium processes. In these regimes, phonons, electrons, photons, and surface or interface structures play dominant roles in thermal conduction, radiation, convection, and phase-change behavior. Nanoscale thermal science is therefore a core discipline underpinning thermal engineering and related fields, and it is essential for the development of next-generation thermal materials, devices, and energy systems.

The rapid advancement of modern technology has placed unprecedented demands on thermal management and thermal energy utilization. Breakthroughs in nanoscale thermal science are enabling high-performance heat dissipation materials and interfacial thermal regulation strategies that support the continued evolution of electronics, photonics, and high-power devices. At the same time, emerging thermal functional materials including thermoelectric materials, phase-change materials, intelligent and stimuli-responsive thermal materials, and materials with extreme thermal properties, are opening new opportunities for thermal energy harvesting, storage, and conversion. Progress in thermal measurement and characterization, in-situ and time-resolved diagnostics, and multiscale modeling and simulation further accelerates the understanding and control of heat transfer processes in complex systems such as multiphase flows, boiling, condensation, evaporation, and icing at reduced length scales.

In short, nanoscale thermal science can not only deepen our understanding of heat transfer beyond conventional limits, but also enable innovative approaches to managing and converting thermal energy, thereby playing an increasingly important role in technological development and the progress of modern society.

NanoThermal will thus embrace all significant advances in nanoscale thermal transport, interfacial heat transfer, theoretical and experimental studies at the molecular and nano level, and the application of thermal materials, devices, and systems, encompassing the previously unknown and the innovative.

NanoThermal is guided by an international editorial board composed of leading experts who are actively shaping research directions in nanoscale thermal science and engineering, and who bring extensive experience in scholarly publishing and peer review.