Nanoscale calorimetry using a suspended bridge configuration

Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 861-871

  Zhang, Shu ^a   Rabin, Yoed ^b   Yang, Yizhang ^a   Asheghi, Mehdi ^b,c  

^a SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c iCONA Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC); Frequency domain; Nanocalorimetry; Suspended bridge; Thermal analysis; Time domain

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; SPECIFIC HEAT; TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMOANALYSIS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

NANOSCALE CALORIMETRY; SUSPENDED BRIDGE CONFIGURATION; THERMAL MASS;

DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY;

EID: 34548082517     PISSN: 10577157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JMEMS.2007.896944     Document Type: Article

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