Thermal conductivity of VLS-grown rough Si nanowires with various surface roughnesses and diameters

Applied Physics A: Materials Science and Processing

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 7-14

  Park, Yong Hee ^a   Kim, Jungwon ^a   Kim, Hyoungjoon ^a   Kim, Ilsoo ^a   Lee, Ki Young ^a   Seo, Dongjea ^a   Choi, Heon Jin ^a   Kim, Woochul ^a  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIGURES OF MERITS; GROWTH MECHANISMS; RADIAL GROWTH; ROUGH SURFACES; SI NANOWIRE; SMOOTH SURFACE; THERMOELECTRIC DEVICES; VAPOR SOLID MECHANISM; VAPOR-LIQUID-SOLID;

MANGANESE; NANOWIRES; PHONON SCATTERING; PHONONS; SILICON; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; VAPORS;

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 79959217584     PISSN: 09478396     EISSN: 14320630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00339-011-6474-1     Document Type: Article

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