Cross-plane thermal conductivity reduction of vertically uncorrelated GeSi quantum dot superlattices

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Alvarez Quintana, J ^a   Alvarez, X ^a   Rodriguez Viejo, J ^a   Jou, D ^a   Lacharmoise, P D ^b   Bernardi, A ^b   Goi, A R ^b   Alonso, M I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GERMANIUM; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; QUANTUM ELECTRONICS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SILICON; SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL INSULATING MATERIALS; THERMOANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS (AIP); DOT STRUCTURES; HIGHLY EFFICIENT; ON CHIPS; QUANTUM-DOT SUPERLATTICES (QDSL); TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT; UNCORRELATED; VERTICAL CORRELATION;

THERMOELECTRICITY;

EID: 47249124829     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2957038     Document Type: Article

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