Observation of room erature ballistic thermal conduction persisting over 8.3 μm in SiGe nanowires

Nature Nanotechnology

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 534-538

  Hsiao, Tzu Kan ^a   Chang, Hsu Kai ^a   Liou, Sz Chian ^a   Chu, Ming Wen ^a   Lee, Si Chen ^a   Chang, Chih Wei ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BALLISTICS; EXPLOSIVES; HEAT CONDUCTION; HEAT RESISTANCE; NANOWIRES; PHONONS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MODELS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; TERAHERTZ WAVES; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

ALLOY CONCENTRATION; CONTACT THERMAL RESISTANCE; EXTERNAL PERTURBATIONS; LOW THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; PHONON MEAN FREE PATH; SILICON-BASED ELECTRONICS; STRUCTURAL VARIATIONS; WAVE CHARACTERISTICS;

SI-GE ALLOYS;

NANOWIRE; SILICON;

ARTICLE; CONDUCTOR; HEAT TOLERANCE; HEAT TRANSFER; PHONON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM MECHANICS; ROENTGEN SPECTROSCOPY; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTOR; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 84880236295     PISSN: 17483387     EISSN: 17483395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2013.121     Document Type: Article

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