Mesoscopic phonon transmission through a nanowire-bulk contact

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 12, 2005, Pages

  Chang, Chun Min ^a   Geller, Michael R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONDUCTOR; ELASTICITY; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; NANOPARTICLE; PHONON; QUANTUM MECHANICS; SOUND TRANSMISSION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 20044373148     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.71.125304     Document Type: Article

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