Thermal and thermoelectric transport in nanostructures and low-dimensional systems

Nanoscale and Microscale Thermophysical Engineering

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 79-116

  Shi, Li ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

Graphene; Nanotubes; Nanowires; Thermal transport; Thermoelectric

Indexed keywords

CASIMIR; CLASSICAL SIZE EFFECT; INTERFACE INTERACTION; LATERAL SIZES; LATTICE THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; LOW-DIMENSIONAL SYSTEMS; NANO SCALE; PHONON CONFINEMENT; PHONON-BOUNDARY SCATTERING; QUANTUM SIZE EFFECTS; THEORETICAL CALCULATIONS; THEORETICAL INVESTIGATIONS; THERMAL TRANSPORT; THERMOELECTRIC; THERMOELECTRIC POWER FACTORS; THERMOELECTRIC PROPERTIES; THERMOELECTRIC TRANSPORT; TRANSPORT PHENOMENA;

CRYSTAL LATTICES; GRAPHENE; NANOTUBES; NANOWIRES; PHONONS; SEMICONDUCTOR INSULATOR BOUNDARIES; THERMOELECTRIC POWER; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

THERMOELECTRICITY;

EID: 84861144966     PISSN: 15567265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15567265.2012.667514     Document Type: Review

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