Phonon heat conduction in nanostructures 1

International Journal of Thermal Sciences

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 471-480

  Chen, Gang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Heat conduction; Nanoparticles; Nanostructures; Nanowires; Phonon engineering; Phonons; Superlattices; Thermal conductivity; Thermal managements; Thermoelectrics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034165362     PISSN: 12900729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1290-0729(00)00202-7     Document Type: Article

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