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The new discovery published in Nature Nanotechnology is part of a larger effort to realize the potential of thermal interface materials. These materials are designed to dissipate heat generated by electronic devices, reducing the need to cool those devices.

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The ラーメンベット 入金ボーナス team includes Chuxen Lei of UT’s Materials Science and Engineering program and collaborators Zhengli Dou, Shibo Deng, Die Wu, Bin Zhang, Runlai Li, Yongzheng Zhang and Quiang Fu of Sichuan University, and Haobo Yang of Huazhong University of Science and Technology.