Sinha Group

Publications

Archival Journals

  1. J.G. Kang, H. Jang, J. Ma, Q. Yang, K. Hattar, Z. Diao, R. Yuan, J. Zuo, S. Sinha, D.G. Cahill and P.V. Braun Ultralow Thermal Conductivity in Nanoporous Crystalline Fe3O4 Journal of Physical Chemistry C 125(12), 6897-6908 (2021). [DOI]
  2. M. C. Rajagopal and S. Sinha Cellular Thermometry Considerations for Probing Biochemical Pathways, Cell Biochemistry and Biophysics, 1-15 (2021). [DOI] [Open link] [Ideals Pre-print]
  3. M. C. Rajagopal and S. Sinha Design and analysis of magnetostrictive sensors for wireless temperature sensing, Review of Scientific Instruments, 92(1), 014901 (2021). [DOI] [Ideals Pre-print]
  4. M. C. Rajagopal, T. Man, A. Agrawal, G. Kuntumalla and S. Sinha Intrinsic thermal interfacial resistance measurement in bonded metal-polymer foils, Review of Scientific Instruments, 91, 104901 (2020). [DOI] [Ideals Pre-print]
  5. Y. Meng, M. Rajagopal, G. Kuntumalla, R. Toro, H. Zhao, H.C. Chang, S. Sundar, S. Salapaka, N. Miljkovic, P. Ferreira, S. Sinha and C. Shao, Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering (Invited), 17(6), 7411-7427 (2020). [DOI]
  6. S. Sundar, M. C. Rajagopal, H. Zhao, G. Kuntumalla, Y. Meng, H. C. Chang, C. Shao, P. Ferreira, N. Miljkovic and S. Sinha, S. Salapaka Multi-objective optimization of peel and shear strengths in ultrasonic metal welding using machine learning-based response surface methodology Fouling modeling and prediction approach for heat exchangers using deep learning, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 159, 120112 (2020). [DOI]
  7. Y. Miao, L. A. Nimmagadda, M. C. Rajagopal, K. Mo, J. Shi, B. Ye, L. Jamison, Y. S. Kim, W. Petry, S. Sinha, A. M. Yacout Thermal conductivity measurement of the interaction layer between UMo and Al produced by high-energy heavy ion irradiation, Journal of Nuclear Materials, 539, 152262 (2020). [DOI]
  8. J. Ma, D. Gelda, K. V. Valavala, and S. Sinha Peak thermoelectric power factor of holey silicon films, Journal of Applied Physics, 128, 115109 (2020). [DOI]
  9. L. A. Nimmagadda, and S. Sinha Thermoelectric Property Requirements for On-Chip Cooling of Device Transients, IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, 67, 3716-2721 (2020). [DOI]
  10. H. C. Chang, M. C. Rajagopal, M. J. Hoque, J. Oh, L. Li, J. Li, H. Zhao, G. Kuntumalla, S. Sundar, Y. Meng, C. Shao, P. M. Ferreira, S. M. Salapaka, S. Sinha, and N. Miljkovic Composite Structured Surfaces for Durable Dropwise Condensation, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. , 119090 (2020). [DOI]
  11. H. Zhao, C.A. Deshpande, L. Li, X. Yan, M.J.Hoque, G. Kuntumalla, M.C. Rajagopal, H.C. Chang, Y. Meng, S. Sundar, P.M. Ferreira. C.Shao, S. Salapaka, S. Sinha and N. Miljkovic, Extreme Anti-Scaling Performance of Slippery Omniphobic Covalently Attached Liquids, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 12, 12054-12067 (2020). [DOI]
  12. Y. Miao, M.C. Rajagopal, K. Valavala, K. Mo, Z. Mei, S. Bhattacharya, L. Jamison, S. Sinha, A.M. Yacout, An Exploration of Measuring Lower Length-scale Structures in Nuclear Materials: Thermal conductivity of U-Mo fuel particle, J. Nuclear Materials, 527, 151797(2019). [DOI]
  13. A. Dwivedi, B.K. Sharma, N. Rajagopalan, S. Sinha, Hydrothermal Decomposition of Cobalt Hydroxide in Saturated Water Vapor, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 59, 1, 491-496(2019). [DOI]
  14. O. Babatola, G.U. Patil, D. Hsieh, K.H. Matlack, S. Sinha, Independently Tunable Thermal Conductance and Phononic Band Gaps of 3D Lattice Materials, Advanced Engineering Materials, 1901004 (2019). [DOI]
  15. Rajagopal, M.C., Chang, H. C., Man, T., Kuntumalla G., Meng Y., Sundar, S., Zhao., H., Salapaka, S., Shao, C., Ferriera, P., Miljkovic, N., & Sinha, S., Materials-to-device design of hybrid metal-polymer tubes for low temperature waste heat recovery, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. , 143 (2019). [DOI]
  16. Rajagopal, M.C., Brown, J.W., Gelda, D., Valavala, K. V., Wang, H., Llano, D., Gillette, R., & Sinha, S., Transient Heat release during mitochondrial proton uncoupling, Communications Biology. , 279 (2019). [Nature link]
    News Coverage: [Phys.org] [Science Daily] [Medical News] [U of I News] [The Scientist Magazine]
  17. Sun, E., Ma, J., Salapaka, S., & Sinha, S., Sensitivity of On-Skin Thermometry to Detecting Dermal Dehydration, ASME. J. Heat Transfer. , Vol. 141(1):014501-014501-6 (2018). [DOI]
  18. Rajagopal, M. C., Valavala, K., Gelda, D., Ma, J.,& Sinha, S. Fabrication and characterization of thermocouple probe for use in intracellular thermometry, Sensors and Actuators A: Physical , Vol. 272, 253-258 (2018). [DOI] [IDEALS Pre-print]
  19. Gelda, D., Ghossoub, M. G., Valavala, K., Ma, J., Rajagopal, M. C., & Sinha, S. Specularity of longitudinal acoustic phonons at rough surfaces, Physical Review B, , 97(4), 045429 (2018). [DOI] [IDEALS Pre-print]
  20. K. Coulson, S. Sinha, N. Miljkovic, Analysis of modular composite heat pipes, Intl. J. Heat and Mass Transfer , vol. 127, 1198-1207 (2018). [DOI]
  21. Tian, L., Li, Y., Webb, R. C., Krishnan, S., Bian, Z., Song, J., Ning, X., Crawford, K., Kurniawan, J., Bonifas, A., Ma, J., Liu, Y., Xie, X., Chen, J., Liu, Y., Shi, Z., Wu, T., Ning, R., Li, D., Sinha, S., Cahill, D. G., Huang, Y., Rogers, J. A., Flexible and Stretchable 3w Sensors for Thermal Characterization of Human Skin, Adv. Funct. Mater. , vol. 27, 1701282 (2017). [DOI]
  22. D. Gelda, J. Sadhu, M.G. Ghossoub, E. Ertekin and S. Sinha, Reducing extrinsic damping of surface acoustic waves at gigahertz frequencies, J. Applied Physics , vol. 119, 164301 (2016). [DOI] [IDEALS Pre-print]
  23. D. Ganta, C. Marry, J. Ma and S. Sinha, Hydrophobic Recovery in Ultrathin PDMS-coated Long and Short Silicon Nanowires, Chemical Physics Letters , vol. 647, 175-180 (2016). [DOI]
  24. J. Sadhu, H. Tian, J. Ma, B. Azeredo, J. Kim, K. Balasundaram, C. Zhang, X. Li, P.M. Ferreira, S. Sinha, Quenched Phonon Drag in Silicon Nanowires Reveals Significant Effect in the Bulk at Room Temperature, Nano Letters , vol. 15 (5), 3159-3165 (2015). [DOI]
  25. D. Ganta, S. Sinha, R.T. Haasch, 2-D Material Molybdenum Disulfide Analyzed by XPS, Surface Science Spectra , vol. 21 (1), 19-27 (2014). [DOI]
  26. J. Ma, J.S. Sadhu, D. Ganta, H. Tian, S. Sinha, Thermal transport in 2-and 3-dimensional periodic "holey" nanostructures, AIP Advances , vol. 4 (12), 124502 (2014). [DOI]
  27. H. Babaei, J.M. Khodadadi, S. Sinha, Large theoretical thermoelectric power factor of suspended single-layer MoS2, Applied Physics Letters , vol. 105 (19), 193901 (2014). [DOI]
  28. J.S. Sadhu, H. Tian, T. Spila, J. Kim, B. Azeredo, P. Ferreira, S. Sinha, Controllable doping and wrap-around contacts to electrolessly etched silicon nanowire arrays, Nanotechnology , vol. 25 (37), 375701 (2014). [DOI]
  29. M.G. Ghossoub and S. Sinha, Total absorption of light in sub-wavelength metallic waveguides, Applied Physics Letters, vol. 103(23), 231113 (2013). [DOI]
  30. P.K. Singh, M.H. Seong, and S. Sinha, Detailed Consideration of the Electron-Phonon Thermal Conductance at Metal-Dielectric Interfaces, Applied Physics Letters, vol. 102(18), 181906 (2013). [DOI]
  31. B. Azeredo, J. Sadhu, J. Ma, K. Jacobs, J. Kim, K. Lee, J. Eraker, X. Li, S. Sinha, N. Fang, P. Ferreira and K. Hsu, Silicon Nanowires with Controlled Sidewall Profile and Roughness Fabricated by Thin-film Dewetting and Metal-assisted Chemical Etching, Nanotechnology, vol. 24(22), 225305 (2013). [DOI]
  32. M.G. Ghossoub, K.V. Valavala, M.H. Seong, B. P. de Azeredo, K.H. Hsu, J. Sadhu, P.K. Singh, and S. Sinha, Spectral Phonon Scattering from Sub-10 nm Surface Roughness Wavelengths in Metal-Assisted Chemically Etched Si Nanowires, Nano Letters, vol. 13 (4), pp 1564-1571 (2013). [DOI]
  33. J. Ma, B.R. Parajuli, M.G. Ghossoub, A. Mihi, J. Sadhu, P.V. Braun, and S. Sinha, Coherent Phonon-Grain Boundary Scattering in Silicon Inverse Opals, Nano Letters, vol. 13 (2), pp 618-624 (2013). [DOI]
  34. M.H. Seong, P.K. Singh and S. Sinha, Area of Contact and Thermal Transport Across Transfer-Printed Metal-Dielectric Interfaces, J. Applied Physics, vol. 113(2), 024321 (2013). [DOI]
  35. K. Valavala, H. Tian and S. Sinha, Carbonation Characteristics of Isolated Calcium Oxide Nanoparticles for Thermal Energy Storage, Nanoscale and Microscale Thermophysical Engineering, vol. 17(3), pp. 204-215 (2013). [DOI]
  36. J.P. Feser, J.S. Sadhu, B.P. Azeredo, K.H. Hsu, J. Ma, J. Kim, M. Seong, N.X. Fang, X. Li, P.M. Ferreira, S. Sinha and D.G. Cahill, Thermal Conductivity of Silicon Nanowire Arrays with Controlled Roughness, J. Applied Physics, vol. 112(11), 114306 (2012). [DOI]
  37. Jun Ma and S. Sinha, Thermoelectric Properties of Highly Doped n-type Polysilicon Inverse Opals, J. Applied Physics, vol. 112(7), 073719 (2012). [DOI]
  38. K. Balasundaram, J.S. Sadhu, J.C. Shin, B. Azeredo, D. Chanda, M. Malik, K. Hsu, J.A. Rogers, P. Ferreira, S. Sinha and X. Li, Porosity control in metal-assisted chemical etching of degenerately doped silicon nanowires, Nanotechnology, vol. 23, 305304 (2012). [DOI]
  39. Keum, H., M. Seong, S. Sinha and S. Kim, Electrostatically Driven Collapsible Au Thin Films Assembled Using Transfer Printing for Thermal Switching, Applied Physics Letters, vol. 100(21), 211904 (2012). [DOI]
  40. M. Seong, J. S. Sadhu, J. Ma, M.G. Ghossoub and S. Sinha, Modeling and Theoretical Efficiency of a Silicon Nanowire Based Thermoelectric Junction with Area Enhancement, J. Applied Physics, vol. 111(12), 124319 (2012). [DOI]
  41. H. Tian, M.G. Ghossoub, O.T. Baris, J. Ma, M. Tirumala and S. Sinha, Volumetric Heat Capacity Enhancement in Thin Films of Amorphous Fluorocarbon Polymers, ASME J. Heat Transfer, vol. 134(8), 081601 (2012). [DOI]
  42. J. Sadhu, M. H. Seong and S. Sinha, Partially coherent phonon transport in two-dimensionally rough nanowires, J. Computational Electronics, vol. 11, pp. 1-7 (2012). [DOI]
  43. D-W. Oh, S. Kim, J.A. Rogers, D. Cahill and S. Sinha, Interfacial Thermal Conductance of Transfer-Printed Metal Films, Advanced Materials (with Frontispiece), vol. 23(43), 5027 (2011). [DOI]
  44. J. Sadhu and S. Sinha, Room-temperature phonon boundary scattering below the Casimir limit, Physical Review B, vol. 84, 115450 (2011). [DOI]
  45. (Selected for Virtual Journal of Nanotechnology, vol. 24, 15 Oct 2011.)
  46. M. G. Ghossoub, J. H. Lee, O. T. Baris, D. G. Cahill and S. Sinha, Percolation of thermal conductivity in amorphous fluorocarbons, Physical Review B, vol. 82, 195441 (2010). [DOI]
  47. J. Sadhu, J. H. Lee and S. Sinha, Frequency Shift and Attenuation of Hypersonic Surface Acoustic Phonons Under Metallic Gratings, Applied Physics Letters, vol. 97(13), pp. 133106-133109 (2010). [DOI]
  48. T.W. Kenny, K.E. Goodson, J.G. Santiago, E. Wang, J. Koo, L. Jiang, E. Pop, S. Sinha, L. Zhang, D. Fogg, S. Yao, R. Flynn, C.H. Chang, C.H. Hidrovo, Advanced Cooling Technology for Microprocessors, International Journal of High Speed Electronics and Systems, vol. 16, pp. 301-313 (2006). [DOI]
  49. E. Pop, S. Sinha, R.W. Dutton and K.E. Goodson, Heat Generation and Transport in Nanometer Scale Transistors, Proceedings of the IEEE (invited, special issue), vol. 94(8), pp. 1587-1601 (2006). [DOI]
  50. S. Sinha, E. Pop, R.W. Dutton and K.E. Goodson, Non-Equilibrium Phonon Distributions in Sub-100 nm Silicon Transistors, ASME Journal of Heat Transfer, vol. 128(7), pp. 638-647 (2006). [DOI]
  51. S. Sinha and K.E. Goodson, Thermal Conduction in Sub-100 nm Transistors, Microelectronics Journal, vol. 37, pp. 1148-1157 (2006). [DOI]
  52. S. Sinha and K.E. Goodson, Review: Mutiscale Thermal Modeling in Nanoelectronics, International Journal for Multiscale Computational Engineering, vol. 3, pp. 107-133 (2005). [DOI]
  53. S. Sinha, P.K. Schelling, S.R. Phillpot and K.E. Goodson, Scattering of g-Process LO Phonons at Hotspots in Silicon, Journal of Applied Physics, vol. 97(2), p. 023702 (2005). [DOI]
  54. P.G. Sverdrup, S. Sinha, M. Ashegi, S. Uma, and K.E. Goodson, Measurement of Ballistic Phonon Conduction near Hotspots in Silicon, Applied Physics Letters, vol. 78(21), pp. 3331-3333 (2001). [DOI]
  55. M.R. Ravi, A. Jhalani, S. Sinha, and A. Ray, Development of Semi-Empirical Model for Pyrolysis of an Annular Sawdust Bed, Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis, vol. 71(1), pp. 353-374 (2004). [DOI]
  56. S. Sinha, A. Jhalani, M.R. Ravi, and A. Ray, Modeling of Pyrolysis in Wood: A Review, Journal of the Solar Energy Society of India, 10, 41 (2000). [pdf]

Conference Proceedings

  1. Y. Miao, L. A. Nimmagadda, M. C. Rajagopal, K. Mo, J. Shi, B. Ye, L. Jamison, Y. S. Kim, W. Petry, S. Sinha, A. M. Yacout, Thermal Conductivity Measurement of the Interaction Layer Between UMo and Al Produced By High-Energy Heavy Ion Irradiation, RERTR International Meeting on Reduced Enrichment for Research and Test Reactors (2021).
  2. G. Kuntumalla, Y. Meng, M. Rajagopal, R. Toro, H. Zhao, H. C. Chang, S. Sundar, S. Salapaka, N. Miljkovic, C. Shao, P. Ferreira, S. Sinha, Joining Methods for Novel Metal Polymer Hybrid Heat Exhangers, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE), Salt Lake City, UT (2019).
  3. D. Gelda and S. Sinha, Scattering of longitudinal acoustic phonons in thin silicon membranes, Materials Research Society (MRS), Phoenix, AZ (2017).
  4. M. C. Rajagopal, J. W. Brown, R. Gillette, D. Llano, and S. Sinha., Microscale Probe for Intracellular Thermometry, Materials Research Laboratory (MRL) Fall bio conference, UIUC (2017). [Best presentation award]
  5. K. Coulson, S. Sinha, and N. Miljkovic, Composite Heat Pipes - Modeling, Sensitivity, Optimization, and Fabrication, P, International Conference On Nanochannels, Microchannels, and Minichannels (ICNMM), Cambridge, MA (August 2017).
  6. M. C. Rajagopal and S. Sinha, Invasive Microscale Probe for Intracellular Measurements, Poster presentation, Materials Research Society (MRS) meeting, Phoenix, AZ (2017).
  7. D. Gelda and S. Sinha, Characterization of 2-D Materials using High Quality Surface Acoustic Waves, Materials Research Society (MRS), San Francisco (CA) (2015).
  8. J. S. Sadhu, H. Tian, J. Ma and S. Sinha, Simultaneous Measurements of Thermal Conductivity and Seebeck Coefficients of Roughened Nanowire Arrays, Materials Research Society Spring Meeting, Symposium JJ, San Francisco, CA (April 2012).
  9. J. S. Sadhu, K. Valavala, M. Seong, M. G. Ghossoub and S. Sinha, Phonon Transport in Periodic and Surface Disordered Nanostructures, Materials Research Society Spring Meeting, Symposium I, San Francisco, CA (April 2011).
  10. O.T. Baris, H. Tian, S. Sinha, Thermodynamic Modeling and Calorimetry of Nanostructured Materials for Capacitive Thermal Management, The 12th Intersociety Conference on Thermal and Thermomechanical Phenomena in Electronic Systems (ITHERM), Las Vegas, NV. (2010)
  11. J. S. Sadhu, M. G. Ghossoub, S. Sinha, The Effect Of Cross-Sectional Geometry On ZT Enhancement in Rough Silicon Nanostructures, Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc., Vol. 1267 (2010).
  12. O. T. Baris, S. Sinha, Nanostructured phase change materials and their calorimetry, International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE), Orlando, FL (2009).
  13. M. G. Ghossoub, J. H. Lee, O. T. Baris, D. G. Cahill and S. Sinha, Thermal Conductivity of Confined Ultrathin Polymers, Materials Research Society Spring Meeting, Symposium T, San Francisco, CA (2009).
  14. J. H. Lee, J. S. Sadhu and S. Sinha, Generating Near THz surface acoustic waves using picosecond ultrasonics, International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE), Orlando, FL (2009).
  15. M. G. Ghossoub, J. H. Lee, O. T. Baris, D. G. Cahill, and S. Sinha, "Measurement of the Thermal Conductivity of Ultrathin Polymers using Time-Domain Thermoreflectance (TDTR)", Proc. Thermal Stresses 2009, Champaign, Illinois, USA, (2009).
  16. S. Sinha and K.E. Goodson, Dissipation and Entropy Flow in Logic: Fundamental Limits and Engineering Challenges, International Workshop on Nanoscale Energy Conversion and Information Processing Devices, Nice, France (September 2006). (Invited)
  17. S. Sinha and K.E. Goodson, Engineering Phonon Transport: Devices to Materials, Sixth International Workshop on Future Information Processing Technologies, Asheville, NC (August 2005). (Invited Panelist)
  18. J. Rowlette, E. Pop, S. Sinha, M. Panzer, and K.E. Goodson, Thermal Simulation Techniques for Nanoscale Transistors, IEEE/ACM International Conference on Computer-Aided Design (ICCAD) , San Jose, CA, pp. 225-228 (November 2005). (Invited)
  19. J. Rowlette, E. Pop, S. Sinha, M. Panzer, and K.E. Goodson, Thermal Phenomena in Deeply Scaled MOSFETs, IEEE International Electron Device Meeting (IEDM), Washington D.C. (December 2005). (Invited)
  20. S. Sinha, E. Pop, and K.E. Goodson, Phonon Transport in Nanotransistors, US-Japan Nanotherm, Sendai, Japan (July 2005). (Invited)
  21. S. Sinha and K.E. Goodson, Sub-continuum Thermal Phenomena in Transistor Drains, Materials Research Society Spring Meeting, Symposium DD, San Francisco, CA (March 2005).
  22. S. Sinha, E. Pop and K.E. Goodson, A split-flux model for phonon transport near hotspots, International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE), Anaheim, CA (2004).
  23. E. Pop, C. O. Chui, S. Sinha, R. W. Dutton, and K. E. Goodson, Electro-Thermal Comparison and Performance Optimization of Thin-Body SOI and GOI MOSFETs, IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM), San Francisco, CA (December 2004).
  24. S. Sinha, P.K. Schelling, S.R. Phillpot and K.E. Goodson, Atomistic Simulations of g-type phonons in silicon devices, ASME Heat Transfer/ Fluid Mechanics Summer Conference, Charlotte, NC (2004).
  25. S. Sinha and K.E. Goodson, Thermal Conduction in Sub-100 nm Transistors, Thermal Investigations of ICs and Systems (THERMINIC), Cote d'Azur, France (2004). (Invited)
  26. S. Sinha, P.K. Schelling, S.R. Phillpot and K.E. Goodson, Nanoscale Simulation of Heat Conduction in Semiconductor Devices, Intersociety Conference on Thermal and Thermomechanical Phenomena in Electronic Systems (ITHERM), Las Vegas, NV (2004). (Invited Panelist)
  27. S. Sinha, P.K. Schelling, S.R. Phillpot and K.E. Goodson, Atomistic Simulations of Non-Equilibrium Phonons in Nanotransistors, Semiconductor Research Corporation TECHCON, Dallas, TX (2003).
  28. S. Sinha, P.K. Schelling, S.R. Phillpot and K.E. Goodson, Atomistic Simulations of Phonon Hotspots in Silicon Devices, Materials Research Symposium, Symposium S, San Francisco, CA (2003).
  29. E. Pop, S. Sinha, and K. E. Goodson, Monte Carlo Modeling of Heat Generation in Electronic Nanostructures, International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE), New Orleans, LA (November 2002).
  30. S. Sinha and K.E. Goodson, Phonon Heat Conduction from Nanoscale Hotspots in Semiconductors, The Twelfth International Heat Transfer Conference (IHTC), Grenoble, France (2002).
  31. E. Pop, S. Sinha, R. Dutton, and K.E. Goodson, Nanoscale Heat Generation in Silicon via the Monte Carlo Method, US-Japan Nanotherm Conf., Berkeley, CA (June 2002).
  32. P.G. Sverdrup, S. Sinha, E. Pop, O. Tornblad, R. Dutton and K.E. Goodson, Advanced Electro-Thermal Modeling and Simulation Techniques for Deep Sub-Micron Devices, Semiconductor Research Corporation TECHCON, Phoenix, AZ (September 2000).

Patents

  1. S. Sinha, M. C. Rajagopal Microscale thermocouple probe for intracellular temperature measurements, Patent Pending, 16775450 (2020). [Link]