Phonon Surface Scattering and Thermal Energy Distribution in Superlattices

Abstract Thermal transport at small length scales has attracted significant attention in recent years and various experimental and theoretical methods have been developed to establish the reduced thermal conductivity. The fundamental understanding of how phonons move and the physical mechanisms behi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Kartik Kothari, Martin Maldovan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-07-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-05631-3