Anisotropic in-plane thermal conductivity observed in few-layer black phosphorus

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Luo, Zhe ^a   Maassen, Jesse ^a   Deng, Yexin ^a   Du, Yuchen ^a   Garrelts, Richard P ^a   Lundstrom, Mark S ^a   Ye, Peide D ^a   Xu, Xianfan ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHORUS; SILICON NITRIDE;

ACOUSTIC DATA; ANISOTROPY; ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY; FILM; PHOSPHORUS; THEORETICAL STUDY; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISPERSION; HEAT; ILLUMINATION; PHONON; POLARIZATION; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SURFACE PROPERTY; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 84986563681     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms9572     Document Type: Article

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