Relative contributions of inelastic and elastic diffuse phonon scattering to thermal boundary conductance across solid interfaces

Journal of Heat Transfer

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 1-9

  Hopkins, Patrick E ^a,b   Norris, Pamela M ^a,b  

^a University of Virginia   (United States)

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffuse phonon scattering; Elastic scattering; Inelastic scattering; Nanoscale solid interfaces; Thermal boundary conductance

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSE MISMATCH MODELS; DIFFUSE PHONON SCATTERING; DIFFUSE SCATTERING; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; HIGH TEMPERATURE; INTERFACIAL TRANSPORT; NANOSCALE SOLIDS; PHYSICAL ASSUMPTIONS; RELATIVE CONTRIBUTION; SOLID INTERFACES; THERMAL BOUNDARY CONDUCTANCE; TRANSIENT THERMOREFLECTANCE;

DEBYE TEMPERATURE; ELASTIC SCATTERING; FORECASTING; INELASTIC SCATTERING; MODELS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PHONON SCATTERING; PHONONS;

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 77955254984     PISSN: 00221481     EISSN: 15288943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2995623     Document Type: Article

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