Modeling heating effects in nanoscale devices: The present and the future

Journal of Computational Electronics

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 66-93

  Vasileska, D ^a   Raleva, K ^b   Goodnick, S M ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UKIM   (Macedonia)

Author keywords

BTE; Heating; Nanodevices; Particle based simulations; Thermal transport

Indexed keywords

BALLISTICS; DEGRADATION; DIAMONDS; GATES (TRANSISTOR); HEAT TRANSFER; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NONMETALS; PHONONS; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS; SILICON; SIMULATORS; SULFATE MINERALS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

BALLISTIC TRANSPORTS; BOLTZMANN TRANSPORT EQUATION (BTE); BUSINESS MEDIA; CMOS TECHNOLOGIES; ELECTRICAL TRANSPORT (CONDUCTIVITY , RESISTIVITY , MOBILITY , ETC.); ELECTRONS AND PHONONS; ENERGY BALANCE EQUATIONS; FEATURE SIZES; FOURIER LAWS; HEAT DISSIPATION; HEAT TRANSPORT; HEATING EFFECTS; NANO-DEVICES; NANO-MATERIALS; NANO-SCALE DEVICES; NON-STATIONARY TRANSPORTS; OPTICAL PHONONS; RMOELECTRIC (PELTIER) COOLERS; SILICON ON DIAMOND (SOD); SIMULATION RESULTS; STATE OF THE ARTS;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 48349137265     PISSN: 15698025     EISSN: 15728137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10825-008-0254-y     Document Type: Review

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