Analysis of the effect of isotope scattering on the thermal conductivity of crystalline silicon

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 59, Issue 15, 1999, Pages 10105-10110

  Tamura, S ^b   Maris, H J ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 0000738396     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.59.10105     Document Type: Article

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