Numerical analysis of the electrical failure of a metallic nanowire mesh due to joule heating

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-9

  Li, Yuan ^a   Tsuchiya, Kaoru ^a   Tohmyoh, Hironori ^a   Saka, Masumi ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Electrical failure; Joule heating; Metallic nanowire mesh; Stable unstable melting

Indexed keywords

JOULE HEATING; MESH GENERATION; METAL MELTING; NUMERICAL METHODS;

ACTUAL OPERATION; CURRENT SOURCES; ELECTRICAL FAILURES; MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE; MELTING PROCESS; METALLIC NANOWIRES; MONITORING THE TEMPERATURES; VOLTAGE CONTROLLED CURRENT SOURCES;

NANOWIRES;

EID: 84887276861     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-8-370     Document Type: Article

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