Monte Carlo simulation of diffusive-to-ballistic transition in phonon transport

Journal of Computational Electronics

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 264-270

  Kukita, Kentaro ^a   Adisusilo, Indra Nur ^a   Kamakura, Yoshinari ^a,b  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Heat transfer; Phonon; Quasi ballistic; Silicon; Thermal resistance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894650653     PISSN: 15698025     EISSN: 15728137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10825-013-0511-6     Document Type: Article

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