Heat-conducting crystals could help computer chips keep their cool

Science Daily  July 5, 2018 A team of researchers in the US (UT Dallas, University of Illinois, University of Houston) has found high thermal conductivity of 1000 ± 90 W/m/K at room temperature in cubic boron arsenide grown through modified chemical vapor transport technique. The thermal conductivity is a factor of 3 higher than that of silicon carbide and surpassed only by diamond and the basal plane value of graphite. Boron arsenide could be a potential revolutionary thermal management material… read more. TECHNICAL ARTICLE