Reduction in thermal conductivity of Bi thin films with high-density ordered nanoscopic pores

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-7

  Kim, Gil Sung ^a   Lee, Mi Ri ^a   Lee, Seung Yong ^b   Hyung, Jung Hwan ^a   Park, No Won ^c   Lee, Eun Sun ^d   Lee, Sang Kwon ^c  

^a Chonbuk National University   (South Korea)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c Chung Ang University   (South Korea)

^d University of Virginia   (United States)

Author keywords

2D thin films; 3 Technique; Bismuth (Bi); Nanoporous structures; Thermal conductivity

Indexed keywords

PORE SIZE; SILICA; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF SOLIDS;

BI THIN FILMS; BULK MATERIALS; E BEAM EVAPORATION; NANO-POROUS; NANOPOROUS STRUCTURES; NANOSCOPIC PORES; POLYSTYRENE BEADS; THERMAL CHARACTERISTICS;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 84887271381     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-8-371     Document Type: Article

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