Theoretical phonon thermal conductivity of Si/Ge superlattice nanowires

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 682-693

  Dames, C ^a   Chen, G ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHONON WAVELENGTH; SUPERLATTICE NANOWIRES;

ACOUSTIC WAVE SCATTERING; APPROXIMATION THEORY; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PHONONS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

SEMICONDUCTOR SUPERLATTICES;

EID: 0742285722     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1631734     Document Type: Article

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