Effect of boundary scattering on the thermal conductivity of TiNiSn-based half-Heusler alloys

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 77, Issue 18, 2008, Pages

  Bhattacharya, S ^a   Skove, M J ^a   Russell, M ^a   Tritt, T M ^a   Xia, Y ^b   Ponnambalam, V ^b   Poon, S J ^b   Thadhani, N ^c  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Virginia   (United States)

^c Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

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EID: 44449102764     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.77.184203     Document Type: Article

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