Giant anharmonic phonon scattering in PbTe

Nature Materials

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 614-619

  Delaire, O ^a   Ma, J ^a   Marty, K ^a   May, A F ^a   McGuire, M A ^a   Du, M H ^a   Singh, D J ^a   Podlesnyak, A ^a   Ehlers, G ^a   Lumsden, M D ^a   Sales, B C ^a  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE SCATTERING; ACOUSTICS; FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS; FERROELECTRICITY; NEUTRON SCATTERING; PHONONS; THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT; THERMOELECTRICITY;

ANHARMONIC COUPLINGS; BULK THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; LONGITUDINAL ACOUSTIC; LONGITUDINAL ACOUSTIC MODES; LONGITUDINAL ACOUSTIC PHONONS; LOW THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; MICROSCOPIC PROCESS; THERMO-ELECTRIC MATERIALS;

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 79960638343     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat3035     Document Type: Article

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