Role of surface-segregation-driven intermixing on the thermal transport through planar Si/Ge superlattices

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 111, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Chen, Peixuan ^a,b   Katcho, N A ^c   Feser, J P ^d   Li, Wu ^c   Glaser, M ^b   Schmidt, O G ^a   Cahill, David G ^d   Mingo, N ^c   Rastelli, A ^a,b  

^a IFW DRESDEN   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

^c CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

^d United States of America   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AB INITIO CALCULATIONS; CONCENTRATION PROFILES; GE-SEGREGATION; PHONON FREQUENCIES; PHONON MEAN FREE PATH; SI/GE SUPERLATTICES; SYSTEMATIC EXPERIMENT; THERMAL TRANSPORT;

EPITAXIAL GROWTH; GERMANIUM; MIXING; PHONONS; SUPERLATTICES; SURFACE SEGREGATION;

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 84884248743     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.111.115901     Document Type: Article

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