Phonon scattering and velocity considerations in the minimum phonon thermal conductivity of layered solids above the plateau

Nanoscale and Microscale Thermophysical Engineering

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 51-61

  Hopkins, Patrick E ^a   Beechem, Thomas E ^a  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Disorder; Interfaces; Layered structures; Minimum thermal conductivity; Phonons

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS SOLIDS; BINDING FORCES; CONDUCTIVITY MODELS; COUPLED OSCILLATORS; DISORDER; ENERGY TRANSPORT; FRACTONS; GROUP VELOCITIES; INTERFACES; LATTICE POINTS; LAYERED SOLIDS; LAYERED STRUCTURES; LOCALIZED MODES; NON-LOCALIZED; NONLOCALIZED MODES; PHONON THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; REDUCTION OF THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; SCATTERING RATES;

OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); PHASE INTERFACES; PHONONS; SCATTERING; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMOANALYSIS;

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF SOLIDS;

EID: 77949352941     PISSN: 15567265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15567261003601805     Document Type: Article

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