Bismuth nanowires with very low lattice thermal conductivity as revealed by the 3o method

Nanotechnology

Volumn 23, Issue 49, 2012, Pages

  Holtzman, A ^a   Shapira, E ^a   Selzer, Y ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BISMUTH NANOWIRES; FERMI WAVELENGTH; FIGURE OF MERITS; LATTICE THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; NANOMETRIC SCALE; SCALING DOWN; THEORETICAL STUDY; THERMOELECTRIC MATERIAL;

BISMUTH; NANOWIRES; THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT; THERMOELECTRICITY;

CRYSTAL LATTICES;

BISMUTH; NANOTUBE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; ENERGY TRANSFER; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMODYNAMICS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BISMUTH; ENERGY TRANSFER; MODELS, CHEMICAL; NANOTUBES; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84870048984     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/23/49/495711     Document Type: Article

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