Thermal transport in Si/Ge nanocomposites

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2009, Pages

  Huang, Xiaopeng ^a,b,c   Huai, Xiulan ^a   Liang, Shiqiang ^a   Wang, Xinwei ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING THERMOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c Iowa State University of Science and Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC RATIOS; BULK TEMPERATURES; EXPERIMENTAL DATUM; INTERFACE THERMAL RESISTANCES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; NANOWIRE COMPOSITES; QUANTUM TEMPERATURES; SI NANOWIRES; SI/GE; SIMULATION RESULTS; SMALL SIZES; SYSTEMATIC STUDIES; THERMAL TRANSPORTS; VOID DENSITIES;

CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; DYNAMICS; ELECTRIC WIRE; GERMANIUM; HEAT FLUX; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOWIRES; SILICON; SILICON ALLOYS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF SOLIDS; THERMAL EFFECTS; THERMOANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; THERMOELECTRICITY;

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 65449148365     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: 13616463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/42/9/095416     Document Type: Article

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