MEASURING THE THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF THIN FILMS: 3 OMEGA AND RELATED ELECTROTHERMAL METHODS

Annual Review of Heat Transfer

Volumn 16, Issue , 2013, Pages 7-49

  Dames, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

3Ω METHOD; CROSS PLANES; DC METHODS; IN-PLANE DIRECTION; IN-PLANE MEASUREMENTS; JOULES HEATING; METAL LINE; MICROFABRICATED; RESISTANCE THERMOMETRY; THIN-FILMS;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 85114447485     PISSN: 10490787     EISSN: 23750294     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1615/AnnualRevHeatTransfer.v16.20     Document Type: Chapter

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