Lattice thermal conductivity crossovers in semiconductor nanowires

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 93, Issue 24, 2004, Pages

  Mingo, N ^a   Broido, D A ^b  

^a NASA Ames Center for Nanotechnology   (United States)

^b BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC MODES; MASS RATIO; NANOELECTRONICS; NANOWIRES;

HEAT LOSSES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; SCATTERING; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; SILICON; THERMOELECTRICITY; TIN COMPOUNDS; VECTORS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 42749098905     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.93.246106     Document Type: Article

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