Low-temperature lattice thermal conductivity in free-standing GaN thin films

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 52, Issue 11-12, 2009, Pages 2885-2892

  Kamatagi, M D ^a   Vaidya, R G ^a   Sankeshwar, N S ^a   Mulimani, B G ^b  

^a KARNATAK UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b GULBARGA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Confined phonons; Defects; GaN; Phonon dispersion; Phonon scatterings; Thermal conductivity; Thin films

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC DISPERSION; ACOUSTICS; CRYSTAL LATTICES; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE EMISSION; GALLIUM ALLOYS; GALLIUM NITRIDE; PHONON SCATTERING; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM; STRAIN MEASUREMENT; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF SOLIDS; THERMAL INSULATING MATERIALS; THERMOANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; THERMOELECTRICITY; THIN FILMS;

ACOUSTIC PHONONS; BOUNDARY SCATTERINGS; CALLAWAY MODELS; CONFINED ACOUSTIC PHONONS; CONFINED PHONONS; FINITE-SIZE EFFECTS; FLEXURAL MODES; FREE-STANDING THIN FILMS; GAN; GAN THIN FILMS; HIGHER TEMPERATURES; LATTICE THERMAL CONDUCTIVITIES; LOW TEMPERATURES; NUMERICAL RESULTS; PHONON CONFINEMENT EFFECTS; PHONON DISPERSION; RELATIVE IMPORTANCES; UMKLAPP PROCESS;

PHONONS;

EID: 63049130761     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2008.10.032     Document Type: Article

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