Lattice thermal conductivity of nanoscale AlN/GaN/AlN heterostructures: Effects of partial phonon spatial confinement

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 100, Issue 10, 2006, Pages

  Zou, Jie ^a   Lange, Xavier ^a   Richardson, Chris ^a  

^a EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; CRYSTAL LATTICES; DISPERSIONS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHONONS; PROBLEM SOLVING; RELAXATION PROCESSES; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

ELASTIC CONTINUUM APPROXIMATION; LATTICE THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; PHONON BOLTZMANN EQUATION; PHONON DISPERSION;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 33845218451     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2365380     Document Type: Article

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