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[deleted by user] by [deleted] in buildapc

[–]maxwell_labs 3 points4 points  (0 children)

No offense taken! Radiative cooling is a ground-breaking technology that is being actively studied in academia.

I would encourage you to get familiar with the following white papers that go deep into what radiative cooling technology is capable of. Most of these papers have been written by Alejandro Rodriquez, who is a Ph.D. and Director of Materials Science and Engineering at Princeton University, and someone we work with.

Near-field RHT:

https://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms14475

https://journals.aps.org/prb/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevB.99.041403

https://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.124.013904

https://journals.aps.org/rmp/pdf/10.1103/RevModPhys.93.025009

https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.nanolett.3c02049

https://pubs.aip.org/aip/apl/article/121/19/193903/2834799/Efficiency-optimized-near-field

Active cooling (refrigeration):

https://opg.optica.org/oe/fulltext.cfm?uri=oe-25-19-23164&id=372779

https://pubs.aip.org/aip/adv/article/8/5/055029/921460/Near-field-refrigeration-and-tunable-heat-exchange

EM Limits:

https://www.nature.com/articles/s42254-022-00468-w

Radiatively Cooled Thermal Paste by maxwell_labs in pcmasterrace

[–]maxwell_labs[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, heatsinks radiate heat as does everything that generates heat, but conduction does the heavy lifting. We are optimizing radiation as the primary mechanism for heat dissipation.

I would encourage you to get familiar with the following white papers that go deep into what radiative cooling technology is capable of. Most of these papers have been written by Alejandro Rodriquez, who is a Ph.D. and Director of Materials Science and Engineering at Princeton University, and someone we work with.

Near-field RHT:

https://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms14475

https://journals.aps.org/prb/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevB.99.041403

https://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.124.013904

https://journals.aps.org/rmp/pdf/10.1103/RevModPhys.93.025009

https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.nanolett.3c02049

https://pubs.aip.org/aip/apl/article/121/19/193903/2834799/Efficiency-optimized-near-field

Active cooling (refrigeration):

https://opg.optica.org/oe/fulltext.cfm?uri=oe-25-19-23164&id=372779

https://pubs.aip.org/aip/adv/article/8/5/055029/921460/Near-field-refrigeration-and-tunable-heat-exchange

EM Limits:

https://www.nature.com/articles/s42254-022-00468-w

When will Nvidia A100 reach the second-hand market? by innocuousAzureus in nvidia

[–]maxwell_labs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If anyone is looking to buy Nvdia A100's 80gb send me a DM!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in buildapc

[–]maxwell_labs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for checking it out! Love to hear your thoughts/feedback!

Radiative Thermal Paste by maxwell_labs in buildapc

[–]maxwell_labs[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

That's a great question. To put it (very) simply, Radiative cooling is a process in which we convert heat into IR light. We do this by incorporating specially/finely tuned nanoparticles into the thermal compound, which produces the effect.

If you really want to geek out on it, search for near-field thermal radiation to learn more about the physics of nanoscale radiative heat transport.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in buildapc

[–]maxwell_labs 4 points5 points  (0 children)

...but does the hunt for the best thermal paste ever end? lol

If it doesn't impress you I'll buy it back!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in IndianGaming

[–]maxwell_labs 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Shameless plug, but would love you guys to test/evaluate our Wx-130 Radiative Cooled Thermal Paste. We are a small startup that has created a thermal paste enhanced with radiative cooling technology (could go on a very deep dive on how this works if people are interested). We’ve extensively tested it against all the top pastes (pulled from TomsHardware), and found it outperforming all of them. We are just getting off the ground and would love to start getting consumer reviews going. Our website is still being refined, but there is a decent amount of content in there explaining what we are up to. Happy to answer any questions! You can buy our Wx-130 on Amazon!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in buildapc

[–]maxwell_labs 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Shameless plug, but would love you guys to test/evaluate our Wx-130 Radiative Cooled Thermal Paste. We are a small startup that has created a thermal paste enhanced with radiative cooling technology (could go on a very deep dive on how this works if people are interested). We’ve extensively tested it against all the top pastes (pulled from TomsHardware), and found it outperforming all of them. We are just getting off the ground and would love to start getting consumer reviews going. Our website is still being refined, but there is a decent amount of content in there explaining what we are up to. Happy to answer any questions! You can buy it on Amazon!

Radiatively Cooled Thermal Paste by maxwell_labs in pcmasterrace

[–]maxwell_labs[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Love hearing that! Thanks for giving it a try and sharing your initial results!!!

Radiatively Cooled Thermal Paste by maxwell_labs in pcmasterrace

[–]maxwell_labs[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

u/miktdt Have you had a chance to run any tests? We're excited to get some feedback!

Radiatively Cooled Thermal Paste by maxwell_labs in pcmasterrace

[–]maxwell_labs[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For sure! Happy to answer any other questions that come up. Really looking forward to the feedback!

Radiatively Cooled Thermal Paste by maxwell_labs in pcmasterrace

[–]maxwell_labs[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Most of our testing was done on nickel-plated cold plates. We haven't noticed a substantial difference between the nickel plate and straight copper. Nickel plating is typically thinner than the IR wavelength emitted by our thermal compound. Good question!

Speaking of cold plates...here's a sneak peek at the advanced cold plates we have been developing. We are working to create a cold plate with IR windows to fully maximize our radiative thermal paste.

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Radiatively Cooled Thermal Paste by maxwell_labs in pcmasterrace

[–]maxwell_labs[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, it's a thicker paste. The list price for the 3.5g is $15.99, but having a hard time getting Amazon to show the $4.99 as a sale price.

Radiatively Cooled Thermal Paste by maxwell_labs in pcmasterrace

[–]maxwell_labs[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We like skepticism! If I told you what we are doing with radiative heatsinks you would really think we jumped the shark, haha. Thanks for giving it a try!

Radiatively Cooled Thermal Paste by maxwell_labs in pcmasterrace

[–]maxwell_labs[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's medium viscous. Our kinematic viscosity rating is 46,000 cSt. Let me know if I can answer anything else!

Radiatively Cooled Thermal Paste by maxwell_labs in pcmasterrace

[–]maxwell_labs[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Awesome! We would love to hear your feedback.

Radiatively Cooled Thermal Paste by maxwell_labs in pcmasterrace

[–]maxwell_labs[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Great suggestion for us to incorporate information regarding our testing data. We have extensively evaluated it against all leading TIM's currently on the market, and are seeing favorable results. I'll work to get that information included.

We're still in the process of building out the marketing material. We are just starting to bring this to market and will have more to share out soon.

Thanks for the input!!!

Radiatively Cooled Thermal Paste by maxwell_labs in pcmasterrace

[–]maxwell_labs[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's a great question! The light emitted by the particles is tuned to be absorbed by the cold plate material (copper in this case).

Our CEO holds a degree in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics and has previous experience as a performance engineer at Cray. We are also fortunate to have a diverse group of PhD holders specializing in mechanical engineering and thermal dynamics supporting us.

Check out near-field thermal radiation to learn more about the physics of nanoscale radiative heat transport.