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Selected Publications
Book Chapters and Invited Reviews
1. Z. Cheng, S. Graham, H. Amano, D. Cahill. Perspective on Thermal Conductance Across Heterogeneously Integrated Interfaces for Wide and Ultra-Wide Bandgap Electronics. Applied Physics Letter (Invited perspective), 2021.
2. Z. Cheng, S. Graham. Room-temperature Bonded Thermally Conductive Interfaces. Book Chapter in Thermal Management of Gallium Nitride Electronics, 2021.
3. Z. Cheng, J. Shi, S. Graham, Understanding Interfacial Thermal Transport. Book Chapter in Thermal Management of Gallium Nitride Electronics, 2021.
4. Z. Cheng, J. Shi, C. Yuan, S. Wang, S. Kim, S. Graham. Thermal Science and Engineering of β-Ga2O3 Materials and Devices. Book Chapter in Ultrawide Bandgap Semiconductors, 2021
5. A. J. Green, J. Speck, G. Xing, et al, Roadmap Review: Beta-Gallium Oxide Power Electronics, APL Materials (invited review), 2021.
6. M. Muraleedharan, T. Spencer, A. Rohskopf, H. Seyf, H. Gordiz, Z. Cheng, S. Graham, A. Henry. Understanding Phonon Transport Using Classical Molecular Dynamics Simulations-A Topical Review. Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter. 2021 (Invited review)
1. Z. Cheng, S. Graham, H. Amano, D. Cahill. Perspective on Thermal Conductance Across Heterogeneously Integrated Interfaces for Wide and Ultra-Wide Bandgap Electronics. Applied Physics Letter (Invited perspective), 2021.
2. Z. Cheng, S. Graham. Room-temperature Bonded Thermally Conductive Interfaces. Book Chapter in Thermal Management of Gallium Nitride Electronics, 2021.
3. Z. Cheng, J. Shi, S. Graham, Understanding Interfacial Thermal Transport. Book Chapter in Thermal Management of Gallium Nitride Electronics, 2021.
4. Z. Cheng, J. Shi, C. Yuan, S. Wang, S. Kim, S. Graham. Thermal Science and Engineering of β-Ga2O3 Materials and Devices. Book Chapter in Ultrawide Bandgap Semiconductors, 2021
5. A. J. Green, J. Speck, G. Xing, et al, Roadmap Review: Beta-Gallium Oxide Power Electronics, APL Materials (invited review), 2021.
6. M. Muraleedharan, T. Spencer, A. Rohskopf, H. Seyf, H. Gordiz, Z. Cheng, S. Graham, A. Henry. Understanding Phonon Transport Using Classical Molecular Dynamics Simulations-A Topical Review. Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter. 2021 (Invited review)
We experimentally observed the localized interfacial phonon modes, which suggests the revision of conventional theories of interfacial thermal transport which have been established for decades!
Zhe Cheng, Ruiyang Li, Xingxu Yan, Glenn Jernigan, Jingjing Shi, Michael E Liao, Nicholas J Hines, Chaitanya A Gadre, Juan Carlos Idrobo, Eungkyu Lee, Karl D Hobart, Mark S Goorsky, Xiaoqing Pan, Tengfei Luo, Samuel Graham. Experimental Observation of Localized Interfacial Phonon Modes, Nature Communications.
Room-temperature bonding technique integrates GaN with single crystal diamond with high thermal conductance, leveraging the cooling of GaN-on-diamond devices!

Zhe Cheng, Fengwen Mu, Luke Yates, Tadatomo Suga, Samuel Graham. Interfacial Thermal Conductance across Room-Temperature Bonded GaN-diamond Interfaces for GaN-on-Diamond Devices. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 12 (7), 8376.
Experimental observation of high intrinsic thermal conductivity of AlN for the first time over half century

Zhe Cheng, Mamun Abdullah, Yee Rui Koh, Luke Yates, Jingjing Shi, Yekan Wang, Tingyu Bai, Zeyu Liu, Tengfei Luo, Mark S Goorsky, Patrick E Hopkins, Hiroshi Amano, Asif Khan, Samuel Graham. Experimental Observation of High Intrinsic Thermal Conductivity of AlN, Physical Review Materials, 4, 044602, 2020.
Elastic process dominates interfacial thermal transport across harmonic-matched Al-sapphire interfaces

Zhe Cheng, Yee Rui Koh, Habib Ahmad, Renjiu Hu, Jingjing Shi, Michael E Liao, Yekan Wang, Tingyu Bai, Ruiyang Li, Eungkyu Lee, Luke Yates, Tengfei Luo, Mark S Goorsky, William Doolittle, Zhiting Tian, Patrick E Hopkins, Samuel Graham. Thermal Conductance Across Harmonic-matched Epitaxial Al-sapphire Heterointerfaces, Nature Communication Physics (accepted).
Reviewer for Journals: Chemical Society Reviews, Materials Today, Nano Letters, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, Journal of Applied Physics, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Biosensors and Bioelectronics, Journal of Heat Transfer, Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer, Journal of the Australian Ceramic Society, INTERPACK 2020.