Temperature dependent thermal conductance has been observed in other systems. A linear dependence on temperature has been observed for thermal conductance at solid-solid interfaces at high temperature, which was attributed to an increase in inelastic scattering of phonons at the interface. Various simulation studies have reported that the thermal interface conductance of nanoscale solid-fluid interfaces tends to increase with temperature, typically following a power law expression. However, others indicate a decrease in the thermal interface conductance with temperature. Chen et al. reported a dependence of the thermal interface conductance on heat intensity for simulations of a 3 nm spherical AuNP immersed in a flexible water model that was similar to the one we observed for the AuNPs, but they also found that the thermal interface conductance was higher overall and did not change with heating power with a rigid water model. 2.1.3 Curvature dependence Under both wetting conditions, the relative values of G are in order of planar < 10 nm AuNP < 5 nm AuNP < 3 nm AuNP (Figure ), suggesting a dependence on the interface curvature. Tascini et al. reported that the thermal interface conductance of solid nanospheres immersed in a monoatomic fluid increased linearly with interface curvature according to the following expression: G