Mode-wise thermal conductivity of bismuth telluride

Journal of Heat Transfer

Volumn 135, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Wang, Yaguo ^a   Qiu, Bo ^a   McGaughey, Alan J H ^b   Ruan, Xiulin ^a   Xu, Xianfan ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bismuth telluride; Phonon dispersion; Phonon lifetime; Thermal conductivity

Indexed keywords

BISMUTH TELLURIDE; FREQUENCY-DEPENDENT; LOW THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; NORMAL MODE ANALYSIS; PHONON DISPERSION RELATIONS; PHONON DISPERSIONS; PHONON LIFETIMES; TIME RESOLVED MEASUREMENT;

ACOUSTIC DISPERSION; BISMUTH COMPOUNDS; DISPERSIONS; PHONONS; STRAIN MEASUREMENT; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 84883380436     PISSN: 00221481     EISSN: 15288943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4024356     Document Type: Article

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