• Solar-Thermal Synthesized Graphitic Heat Spreader for Thermally Enhanced Organic Substrates (Mar. 2024)
• Sequential Bayesian-optimized graphene synthesis by direct solar-thermal chemical vapor deposition (Feb. 2024)
• Surrogate-accelerated Bayesian framework for high-temperature thermal diffusivity characterization (Jan. 2024)
• Continuous solar-thermal methane pyrolysis for hydrogen and graphite production by roll-to-roll processing (Dec. 2023)
• Transient analysis of solar pyrolysis and hydrogen yield via interband cascade laser absorption spectroscopy of methane, acetylene, ethylene, and ethane (Nov. 2023)
• High-Quality AB Bilayer Graphene Films by Direct Solar-Thermal Chemical Vapor Deposition (Jul. 2023)
• Influence of process parameters on direct solar-thermal hydrogen and graphite production via methane pyrolysis (May 2023)
• Solar-thermal cold-wall chemical vapor deposition reactor design and characterization for graphene synthesis (Dec. 2022)
• Graphitic surface layer formation on organic substrates for electronics using a concentrated solar simulator (Sep. 2022)
• Indirect inverse flux mapping of a concentrated solar source using infrared imaging (Jul. 2022)
• Solar–Thermal Production of Graphitic Carbon and Hydrogen via Methane Decomposition (Feb. 2022)

• Technoeconomic optimization of superalloy supercritical CO2 microtube shell-and-tube-heat exchangers (Feb. 2023) 
• Thermohydraulic experiments on a supercritical carbon dioxide–air microtube heat exchanger (Apr. 2023)
• Modeling of Supercritical CO₂ Shell-and-Tube Heat Exchangers Under Extreme Conditions: Part II: Heat Exchanger Model (May 2022) 
• Modeling of Supercritical CO₂ Shell-and-Tube Heat Exchangers Under Extreme Conditions. Part I: Correlation Development (May 2022) 

• Experimental demonstration of pressure-driven flash boiling for transient two-phase cooling (June 2021)
• Segmented Thermal Management with Flash Cooling for Heterogeneous Wafer-Scale Systems (June 2021)
• Dynamic thermal management of silicon interconnect fabric using flash cooling (May 2019)

• First-principles calculations of the optical response of single-layer and bilayer armchair graphene nanoribbons (Oct. 2022)
• Thermal boundary conductance across Co/Cu interfaces with spin–lattice interactions (Dec. 2021)
• High-Temperature Thermal Diffusivity Measurements Using a Modified Ångström’s Method With Transient Infrared Thermography (Nov. 2021)

• T.S. Fisher, Thermal Energy at the Nanoscale, Vol. 3 in Lessons from Nanoscience: A Lecture Notes Series, ed. M. Lundstrom, World Scientific Publishing Co., Singapore, 2014.
• G. Xiong, A. Kundu, T.S. Fisher, Thermal Effects in Supercapacitors, part of the series: SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology: Thermal Engineering and Applied Science (ed. F.A. Kulacki), Springer, New York, 2015.

• S. Sadasivam, Y. Che, Z. Huang, Liang Chen, Satish Kumar, T.S. Fisher, “The atomistic Green’s function method for interfacial phonon transport,” Annual Reviews of Heat Transfer, Vol. 17, Ch. 4 (pp. 89-145), Begell House Publishers, 2014.
• X. Wang, B.A. Cola, T.L. Bougher, S.L. Hodson, T.S. Fisher, X.F. Xu, “Photoacoustic measurement of carbon nanotube thermal interface materials,” chapter in Vol. 16, Annual Reviews of Heat Transfer, Begell House Publishers, 2013 (DOI: 10.1615/.2012004780).
• J.C. Claussen, J. Shi, C.S. Rout, M.S. Artiles, M.M. Wickner, M. Stensberg, D.M.Porterfield, T.S. Fisher, “Nano-sized biosensors for medical applications,” Ch. 8 in Biosensors for Medical Applications, Edited by Professor Séamus Higson, Woodhead Publishing Limited, UK, 2012 (ISBN 978-1-84569-935-2).
• P.B. Amama, M.R. Maschmann, T.S. Fisher, “Enhanced Control of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Properties Using MPCVD with DC Electrical Bias,” Chapter 12, in Electronic Properties of Carbon Nanotubes, edited by Jose Mauricio Marulanda, 2011 (ISBN 978-953-307-499-3).
• J.C. Claussen, J. Shi, A.R. Diggs, D.M. Porterfield, T.S. Fisher, “Electrochemical biosensors based on carbon nanotubes,” Ch. 8 (pp. 187-217) of Carbon Nanomaterials, in Volume 9 of Nanomaterials for Life Sciences, ed. C. Kumar, Wiley-VCH, 2011 (ISBN 978-3-527-32169-8).
• B.A. Cola, T.S. Fisher, X.F. Xu, “Carbon nanotube array thermal interfaces,” Ch. 6 (pp. 101-118) in Carbon Nanotubes: New Research, ed. A. P. Ottenhouse, Nova Science Publishers, 2009.

• U. Shah, Transient analysis of flash cooling for dynamic thermal management for high-performance electronic systems, 2023. 
• A. Alghfeli, Direct concentrated solar synthesis of graphene, 2022. 
• M.M. Abuseada, Solar-thermal Production of hydrogen and graphitic carbon via methane decomposition, 2022. 
• A.B. Krishna, Technoeconomic optimization and thermohydraulic characterization of superalloy supercritical CO2 microtube shell-and-tube heat exchangers, 2022. 
• Y. Ge, Multi-carrier coupling and hot carrier dynamics at interfaces and surfaces, 2022
• Y. Hu, Rapid thermal and electrochemical characterization with low measurement uncertainty, 2021.

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• A.D. Tuesta, Optical spectroscopy and Langmuir probe diagnostics of microwave plasma in synthesis ofgraphene-based nanomaterials, 2014.
• A.S. Kousalya, Carbon-based nanostructured surfaces for enhanced phase-change cooling, 2014.
• A. Kumar, Graphene decorated substrates and their interfacial characteristics, 2013.
• G. Xiong, Synthesis of graphene nanomaterials and their application in electrochemical energy storage, 2013.
• P.T. McCarthy, Thermal energy harvesting and solar energy conversion utilizing carbon-based nanomaterials, 2013.
• K.C. Smith, The influence of particle shape on structure, mechanics, and transport in granular materials, 2012.
• R.A. Sayer, Measurement of electrical self-heating for thermal characterization of MEMS and NEMS structures, 2011.
• D. Singh, Frequency and polarization resolved phonon transport in carbon and silicon nanostructures, 2011.
• Z. Huang, Multi-scale simulation of phonon transport across heterogeneous interfaces, 2010.
• D.B. Go, Ion generation and ionic wind heat transfer at millimeter and micrometer scale, 2008.
• B.A. Cola, Photoacoustic characterization and optimization of carbon nanotube array thermal interfaces, 2008.
• A.D. Franklin, Vertical devices from single-walled carbon nanotubes templated in porous anodic alumina, 2008.
• T.L. Westover, Energy transport and conversion in electron emission processes, 2008.
• S.S. Kim, Protein adsorption on carbon nanotubes for biosensor applications, 2008
• M.R. Maschmann, Controlled synthesis of templated vertical carbon nanotube structures, 2006
• W. Zhang, Sub-continuum ion transport in air and phonon transport in nanostructures, 2006
• J. Zhang, Thermal processes in sodium borohydride hydrogen storage systems, 2006
• J. Xu, Carbon nanotube array thermal interfaces, 2006
• R. Garg, Numerical simulation and emission diagnostics of the gas-phase growth environment during carbon nanotube synthesis by plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition, 2006
• D.J. Schlitz, Microscale ion driven air flow, 2004