Effect of embedding nanoparticles on thermal conductivity of crystalline semiconductors: Phonon scattering mechanism

International Journal of Nanoscience

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 551-556

  Choudhary, K K ^a,b   Prasad, D ^a,b   Jayakumar, K ^c   Varshney, Dinesh ^b  

^a SHRI VAISHNAV INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE   (India)

^b DEVI AHILYA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c GANDHIGRAM RURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Nanoparticles; Phonon; Semiconductors; Thermal conductivity

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINE SEMICONDUCTORS; HEAT CARRIERS; LATTICE THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; MODEL HAMILTONIANS; PHONON-SCATTERING MECHANISMS; PURE CRYSTALS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCATTERING MECHANISMS; SEMICONDUCTORS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT; THEORETICAL MODELS;

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; DEFECTS; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PHONON SCATTERING; PHONONS; POINT DEFECTS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMOANALYSIS;

NANOPARTICLES;

EID: 77951547588     PISSN: 0219581X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0219581X09006389     Document Type: Article

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