Si/Ge superlattice nanowires with ultralow thermal conductivity

Nano Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 5487-5494

  Hu, Ming ^a   Poulikakos, Dimos ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

coherent phonon; Si Ge superlattice nanowire; thermal conductivity; thermoelectrics

Indexed keywords

COHERENT PHONONS; COMPETING MECHANISMS; GROUP VELOCITIES; INTERFACE EFFECT; LONGITUDINAL DIRECTION; LOW THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; NONEQUILIBRIUM MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; NONMONOTONIC BEHAVIORS; PERIODIC LENGTHS; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SI NANOWIRE; SI/GE; SI/GE SUPERLATTICES; SINGLE-CRYSTALLINE; SUPERLATTICE NANOWIRES; THERMAL TRANSPORT; THERMOELECTRIC DEVICES; THERMOELECTRICS;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NANOWIRES; PHONONS; SUPERLATTICES;

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 84869159336     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl301971k     Document Type: Article

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