A thermal diode using phonon rectification

New Journal of Physics

Volumn 13, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Schmotz, Markus ^a   Maier, Judith ^a   Scheer, Elke ^a   Leiderer, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOCKING FLOW; DETECTION METHODS; HEAT CURRENTS; HEAT FLOWS; ION BEAM PROCESSING; PHONON TRANSPORT; RECTIFICATION RATIO; SHAPED HOLES; SILICON PROCESSING; THERMAL DIODES; THIN SILICON MEMBRANE;

DIODES; ELECTRIC RECTIFIERS; PHONONS;

SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS;

EID: 83655192162     PISSN: 13672630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/13/11/113027     Document Type: Article

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