Phonon transport in single-layer transition metal dichalcogenides: A first-principles study

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 105, Issue 13, 2014, Pages

  Gu, Xiaokun ^a   Yang, Ronggui ^a  

^a UCB 450   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOLTZMANN EQUATION; PHONONS; RELAXATION TIME; TRANSITION METALS; TUNGSTEN COMPOUNDS;

BOLTZMANN TRANSPORT EQUATION; FIRST-PRINCIPLES STUDY; HIGH THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; ITERATIVE SOLUTIONS; OPTICAL APPLICATIONS; OPTICAL PHONON MODES; PHONON RELAXATION; TRANSITION METAL DICHALCOGENIDES;

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 84907494789     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4896685     Document Type: Article

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