Thermoelectric materials: Silicon stops heat in its tracks

Nature Nanotechnology

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 701-702

  Galli, Giulia ^a   Donadio, Davide ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR POLYMER RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SILICON;

THERMO-ELECTRIC MATERIALS;

THERMOELECTRICITY;

NANOFILM; NANOMATERIAL; NANOMESH; SILICON;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FILM; HEAT; HEAT TRANSFER; MOLECULAR ELECTRONICS; NANOANALYSIS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMICONDUCTOR; SHORT SURVEY; SOLID STATE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 77957897081     PISSN: 17483387     EISSN: 17483395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2010.199     Document Type: Short Survey

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