Temperature dependence of the thermal conductivity of thin silicon nanowires

Nano Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 847-851

  Donadio, Davide ^a   Galli, Giulia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Lattice dynamics; Molecular dynamics; Silicon nanowires; Thermal conductivity; Thermoelectric materials

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS SURFACES; FREE MODEL; LATTICE DYNAMICS; LATTICE THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; SILICON NANOWIRES; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMOELECTRIC MATERIAL; VIBRATIONAL MODES;

DYNAMICS; LATTICE VIBRATIONS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NANOWIRES; SOLIDS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMOANALYSIS; THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT; THERMOELECTRICITY;

AMORPHOUS SILICON;

NANOMATERIAL; SILICON;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVALUATION; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MODELS, CHEMICAL; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; SILICON; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 77949425589     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl903268y     Document Type: Article

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