Thermal conductivity reduction mechanisms in superlattices

International Conference on Thermoelectrics, ICT, Proceedings

Volumn 2003-January, Issue , 2003, Pages 336-341

  Chen, G ^c   Dames, C ^c   Harris, T ^c   Borca Tasiuc, D ^b   Yang, R G ^c   Yang, B ^b   Liu, W L ^a   Song, D ^b   Takashiri, M ^c  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Acoustic scattering; Conducting materials; Crystalline materials; Laser sintering; Lattices; Nanostructured materials; Particle scattering; Phonons; Superlattices; Thermal conductivity

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL LATTICES; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; HEAT CONDUCTION; LASER HEATING; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PHONONS; SINTERING; SUPERLATTICES; THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT; THERMOELECTRICITY;

ACOUSTIC SCATTERING; CONDUCTING MATERIALS; CONDUCTION MECHANISM; LASER SINTERING; PARTICLE SCATTERING; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY REDUCTIONS; THERMO-ELECTRIC MATERIALS; THERMOELECTRIC FIGURE OF MERIT;

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 33744918989     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICT.2003.1287517     Document Type: Conference Paper

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