The physics of heat conduction in layered, anisotropic crystals is probed by measurements of the cross-plane elastic constant C 33 and thermal conductivity ⌳ of muscovite mica as a function of hydrostatic pressure. Picosecond interferometry and time-domain thermoreflectance provide high-precision measurements of C 33 and ⌳, respectively, of micron-sized samples within a diamond-anvil cell; ⌳ changes from the anomalously low value of 0.46 W m −1 K −1 at ambient pressure to a value more typical of oxides crystals with large unit cells, 6.6 W m −1 K −1 , at P = 24 GPa. Most of the pressure dependence of ⌳ can be accounted for by the pressure dependence of the cross-plane sound velocities.

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This review comprehensively summarizes the recent progress in surface-grafting polymers, including their formation process and the utilization of surface-grafting polymers as functional materials of insulators, conductors and semiconductors in versatile organic electronic devices.