Pressure tuning of the thermal conductance of weak interfaces

Wen-Pin Hsieh,1,2,* Austin S. Lyons,3,4 Eric Pop,3,4,5 Pawel Keblinski,6 and David G. Cahill2,7 1Department of Physics, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA 2Frederick-Seitz Materials Research Laboratory, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA 3Micro and Nanotechnology Lab, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA 4Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA 5Beckman Institute, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA 6Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York 12180, USA 7Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA (Received 1 October 2011; published 16 November 2011)