Detection of heating in current-carrying molecular junctions by Raman scattering

Nature Nanotechnology

Volumn 3, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 727-732

  Ioffe, Zvi ^a   Shamai, Tamar ^a   Ophir, Ayelet ^a   Noy, Gilad ^a   Yutsis, Ilan ^a   Kfir, Kobi ^a   Cheshnovsky, Ori ^a   Selzer, Yoram ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT CONDUCTION; RAMAN SCATTERING; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; RELAXATION PROCESSES; SPECIFIC HEAT;

EFFECTIVE TEMPERATURE; ELECTRONIC COMPONENT; HEATING AND COOLING; NANOSCALE ELECTRONIC DEVICES; RAMAN ACTIVE MODES; STOKES AND ANTI-STOKES; SURFACE ENHANCED RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; VIBRATIONAL RELAXATION;

HEATING;

NANOMATERIAL;

ARTICLE; COOLING; HEATING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; ROOM TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; VIBRATION;

EID: 57449117291     PISSN: 17483387     EISSN: 17483395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2008.304     Document Type: Article

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