Thermal rectification by ballistic phonons

2008 Proceedings of 3rd Energy Nanotechnology International Conference, ENIC 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 139-141

  Miller, John ^a   Jang, Wanyoung ^a   Dames, Chris ^a  

^a University of California Riverside   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2-DIMENSIONAL ELECTRON GAS; A-THERMAL; ASYMMETRIC SCATTERING; ASYMMETRIC TRANSPORT; CHARACTERISTIC LENGTH; HEAT TRANSPORT; I - V CURVE; LANDAUER; MEAN FREE PATH OF PHONONS; PHONON DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION; PHONON EMISSIONS; SYSTEM GEOMETRY; TEMPERATURE CURVES; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT;

DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; ELECTRIC RECTIFIERS; ELECTRON GAS; GAS ABSORPTION; HEAT TRANSFER; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PLASMAS; THERMAL GRADIENTS;

PHONONS;

EID: 70349902430     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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