Thermal properties of graphene and few-layer graphene: Applications in electronics

IET Circuits, Devices and Systems

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 4-12

  Yan, Zhong ^a   Nika, Denis L ^a,b   Balandin, Alexander A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MOLDOVA STATE UNIVERSITY   (Moldova)

^c Quantum Seed LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEATING EQUIPMENT; SPREADERS; TEMPERATURE CONTROL; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

ADVANCED ELECTRONICS; DEVICE OPERATIONS; FEW-LAYER GRAPHENE; HEAT-GENERATING; HIGH POWER DENSITY; HOTSPOT TEMPERATURE; PERFORMANCE AND RELIABILITIES; THERMAL MANAGEMENT APPLICATIONS;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84923061115     PISSN: 1751858X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/iet-cds.2014.0093     Document Type: Article

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