Phonon thermal conductivity in silicon nanowires: The effects of surface roughness at low temperatures

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Oh, Jung Hyun ^a   Shin, Mincheol ^a   Jang, Moon Gyu ^b  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^b Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION LENGTHS; CROSS-SECTION AREA; GREEN'S FUNCTION METHODS; INTERFACE GEOMETRY; INTERFACE SCATTERING; LOW TEMPERATURES; PHONON MEAN FREE PATH; PHONON THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; ROUGHNESS HEIGHT; SILICON NANOWIRES; SMALL ENERGY; TRANSMISSION FUNCTION;

NANOWIRES; PHONONS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; WAVE EQUATIONS;

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 84857823749     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3684973     Document Type: Article

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