| Sect. 1 | | Overview of thermal conductivity in solid materials | | |
| Ch. 1.1 | | Theory of thermal conductivity by Jihui Yang | | |
| Ch. 1.2 | | Thermal conductivity of metals by Ctirad Uher | | |
| Ch. 1.3 | | Thermal conductivity of insulators and glasses by Vladimir Murashov and Mary Anne White | | |
| Ch. 1.4 | | Thermal conductivity of semiconductors by G. S. Nolas and H. J. Goldsmid | | |
| Ch. 1.5 | | Semiconductors and thermoelectric materials by G. S. Nolas and J. Yang and H. J. Goldsmid | | |
| Ch. 1.6 | | Thermal conductivity of superlattices by G. D. Mahan | | |
| Ch. 1.7 | | Experimental studies on thermal conductivity of thin film and superlattices by Bao Yang and Gang Chen | | |
| Sect. 2 | | Measurement techniques | | |
| Ch. 2.1 | | Measurement techniques and considerations for determining thermal conductivity of bulk materials by Terry M. Tritt and David Weston | | |
| Ch. 2.2 | | Experimental techniques for thin-film thermal conductivity characterization by T. Borca-Tasciuc and G. Chen | | |
| Sect. 3 | | Thermal properties and applications of emerging materials | | |
| Ch. 3.1 | | Ceramics and glasses by Rong Sun and Mary Anne White | | |
| Ch. 3.2 | | Thermal conductivity of quasicrystalline materials by A. L. Pope and Terry M. Tritt | | |
| Ch. 3.3 | | Thermal properties of nanomaterials and nanocomposites by T. Savage and A. M. Rao | | |