NanoThermal is an interdisciplinary journal dedicated to advancing research on thermal phenomena, heat transfer mechanisms, and thermal energy utilization at the nano, micro, and mesoscale. It aims to advance the fundamental understanding and technological applications of thermal transport in materials, interfaces, devices, and systems, with particular emphasis on nanoscale effects, interfacial physics, and functional thermal materials.

What We Publish

We welcome original research articles, reviews/mini-reviews, short communications, perspectives, opinions, feature articles, commentaries, editorials, research highlights, and news in (but not limited to) the following areas:

1. Fundamental Thermal Transport
• Thermal conduction, convection, and radiation at reduced length scales, etc.
• Near-field radiative heat transfer and nanoscale thermal radiation, etc.
• Non-Fourier heat conduction and ultrafast thermal processes, etc.
• Coupled heat, mass, charge, and momentum transfer, etc.

2. Interfacial Thermal Transport
• Interfacial thermal resistance and thermal boundary conductance, etc.
• Phonon, electron, magnon and photon transport across material interfaces, etc.
• Thermal transport in low-dimensional materials and nanostructures, etc.
• Heat transfer in heterogeneous, composite, and hybrid materials, etc.

3. Advanced Thermal Management Materials and Technologies
• Advanced materials for thermal management and heat dissipation, etc.
• Thermoelectric materials and thermal energy harvesting materials, etc.
• Thermal energy storage materials, etc.
• Intelligent, adaptive, and stimuli-responsive thermal materials, etc.
• Materials exhibiting extreme thermal properties, etc.

4. Thermal Energy Conversion and Utilization
• Thermal-to-electrical and thermal-to-mechanical energy conversion, etc.
• Thermally driven electrochemical and energy systems, etc.
• Heat recovery, utilization, and thermal regulation technologies, etc.

5. Fluidic and Phase-Change Thermal Processes
• Condensation, evaporation, boiling, and icing at micro- and nano-scales, etc.
• Thermal dynamics of droplets, bubbles, and multiphase flows, etc.
• Interfacial heat transfer during phase transitions, etc.

6. Thermal Measurement and Characterization
• Nanoscale thermal measurement techniques and thermal metrology, etc.
• Advanced thermal characterization and scientific instrumentation, etc.
• In-situ, operando, and time-resolved thermal diagnostics, etc.

7. Thermal Systems and Applications
• Heat and mass transfer in complex thermal systems, etc.
• Thermal energy management systems and networks, etc.
• Thermal management in electronic, photonic, robotic, and wearable devices, etc.

8. Modeling, Simulation, and Data-Driven Thermal Science
• Molecular dynamics, cross-scale thermal simulations, etc.
• Theoretical modeling of thermal transport phenomena, etc.
• Machine learning and data-driven approaches for thermal materials and systems, etc.

NanoThermal provides a vibrant academic home for researchers and engineers working at the forefront of thermal science and nanotechnology.

We are committed to publishing research that is technically rigorous, practically relevant, and globally impactful.