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Xin Qian
Researcher at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Publications - 71
Citations - 4679
Xin Qian is an academic researcher from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The author has contributed to research in topics: Thermal conductivity & Phonon. The author has an hindex of 23, co-authored 53 publications receiving 2650 citations. Previous affiliations of Xin Qian include University of Colorado Boulder & Huazhong University of Science and Technology.
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Highly efficient solar vapour generation via hierarchically nanostructured gels
Fei Zhao,Xingyi Zhou,Ye Shi,Xin Qian,Megan Alexander,Xinpeng Zhao,Samantha Mendez,Ronggui Yang,Liangti Qu,Guihua Yu +9 more
TL;DR: A hierarchically nanostructured gel (HNG) based on polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) and polypyrrole (PPy) that serves as an independent solar vapour generator that enables highly efficient solar vapours generation.
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Thermal conductivity of polymers and polymer nanocomposites
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors systematically summarize the molecular level understanding on the thermal transport mechanisms in polymers in terms of polymer morphology, chain structure and inter-chain coupling, and highlight the rationales in recent efforts in enhancing the thermal conductivity of nanostructured polymers and polymer nanocomposites.
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Giant thermopower of ionic gelatin near room temperature.
Cheng-Gong Han,Xin Qian,Qikai Li,Qikai Li,Biao Deng,Yongbin Zhu,Zhijia Han,Wenqing Zhang,Weichao Wang,Shien-Ping Feng,Gang Chen,Weishu Liu +11 more
TL;DR: A gelatin-based ionic thermoelectric device that uses alkali salts and an iron-based redox couple to generate a large thermopower, capable of generating useful amounts of energy from body heat, and shows promise for environmental heat-to-electric energy conversion using ions as energy carriers.
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Measurement Techniques for Thermal Conductivity and Interfacial Thermal Conductance of Bulk and Thin Film Materials
TL;DR: In this article, a review of the most commonly used measurement techniques for thermal conductivity and interfacial thermal conductance is presented, including the 3-omega method and transient plane source method.
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Measurement Techniques for Thermal Conductivity and Interfacial Thermal Conductance of Bulk and Thin Film Materials
TL;DR: In this paper, a review of the most commonly used measurement techniques for thermal conductivity and interfacial thermal conductance is presented, including the 3-omega method and transient plane source method.