UH Researchers Help Break Thermal Conductivity Barrier with Boron Arsenide Discovery

10/24/2025 12:00:00 AMUH Researchers Help Break Thermal Conductivity Barrier with Boron Arsenide DiscoveryUniversity of Houston researchers have made a groundbreaking discovery in thermal conductivity, overturning an existing theory that boron arsenide (BAs) couldn’t compete with the heat conduction of a diamond.Kelly Schafler, University Media Relations

Professor Zhifeng Ren and his research team at the Texas Center for Superconductivity mount boron arsenide crystals to the frequency-domain thermoreflectance (FDTR) system to measure the thermal conductivity.

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