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Cellulose nanocrystals (CNC) are renewable nano-biomaterials that may be suitable for reducing cold damage in fruit buds to their low thermal conductivity. This study was conducted to evaluate the potential of CNC as a thermal insulation material used in protecting sweet cherry and grape reproductive buds from cold damage. The thermal conductivity measurements were conducted using the transient plane source (TPS). It was found that the average thermal conductivity for ...
This article reported on the synthesis, characterization, life cycle assessment (LCA) of nano insulation materials (NIMs) that are made of hollow silica nanospheres (HSNSs). The transient plane source (TPS) technique was used to determine the thermal properties of the HSNSs. The thermal conductivity of the HSNSs is quite low at 0.02 W/mK because thermal conductivity is predominantly size-dependent at the nanometer scale. The HSNS NIMs were found to be comparable ...
This article explored the various characteristics of nanostructured pyrochlore La2Zr2O7 fibers. The thermal properties were measured using the transient plane source (TPS) method on a thermal anlyzer instrument at room temperature. It was found that the samples exhibited low thermal conductivities. It was observed that the thermal conductivity of the samples decreased with increasing silica content in the fiber. However, low thermal ...
