Solid-state thermal rectifier

Science

Volumn 314, Issue 5802, 2006, Pages 1121-1124

  Chang, C W ^a   Okawa, D ^a   Majumdar, A ^a,b,c   Zettl, A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALORIMETERS; CARBON; HEAT CONDUCTION; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; PROGRAM PROCESSORS; REFRIGERATORS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

HEAVY MOLECULES; MASS DENSITY; THERMAL RECTIFIERS; WAVE THEORIES;

ELECTRIC RECTIFIERS;

BORON; BORON NITRIDE NANOTUBE; CARBON NANOTUBE; NITROGEN DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; HEAT FLOW; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

ARTICLE; BUILDING; CALCULATION; CALORIMETER; DENSITY; DEVICE; DIODE; ELECTRONICS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMPEDANCE; MASS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MOLECULE; NANOPARTICLE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHONON; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRIGERATOR; SOLID STATE; SOLID STATE THERMAL RECTIFIER; SOLITON; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 33751216776     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1132898     Document Type: Article

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