Isotta, E.: Investigating microstructure via thermal conductivity imaging: from grain boundaries, to phase segregations and material anisotropy. 50th International Conference and Expo on Advanced Ceramics and Composites (ICACC 2026), Daytona Beach, FL, USA (2026)
Isotta, E.: Investigating microstructure via thermal conductivity imaging: from grain boundaries, to material anisotropy, and phase segregations. Invited Seminar at RWTH Aachen, Physics Department, Aachen, Germany (2025)
Isotta, E.: Thermal conductivity imaging to advance microstructure engineering in thermoelectric and energy materials. Materials Science and Technology Meeting (MSandT) 2025, Columbus, OH, USA (2025)
Isotta, E.; Zhang, S.; Ghosh, S.; de Boor, J.; Balogun, O.; Snyder, G. J.; Scheu, C.: Thermal conductivity imaging to advance microstructure engineering in thermoelectrics. European Conference on Thermoelectrics 2025, Nancy, France (2025)
Isotta, E.: Thermal conductivity imaging to guide microstructure engineering in energy materials. Invited Seminar at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany (2025)
Isotta, E.: Thermal conductivity imaging to guide microstructure engineering in energy materials. Invited Seminar at the German Aerospace Center in Cologne, Köln, Germany (2025)
Isotta, E.: Thermal conductivity imaging to guide microstructure engineering in energy materials. Iberian Workshop on Thermoelectrics 2025, Castello de la Plana, Spain (2025)
Isotta, E.: Local thermal conductivity imaging and modelling to guide microstructure engineering in energy materials. TMS 2025 Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV, USA (2025)
Isotta, E.: Thermal conductivity imaging to guide microstructure engineering in energy materials. Invited Seminar at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria, Klosterneuburg, Austria (2024)
Busch, F.; Balogun, O.; Snyder, G. J.; Scheu, C.; Isotta, E.: Unravelling grain boundary influences on electronic and lattice thermal conductivity in Mn-doped SnTe thermoelectrics. 21st European Conference on Thermoelectrics (ECT) 2025, Nancy, Frankreich (2025)
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