Reconstructing phonon mean-free-path contributions to thermal conductivity using nanoscale membranes

Knowledge of the mean-free-path distribution of heat-carrying phonons is key to understanding phonon-mediated thermal transport. We demonstrate that thermal conductivity measurements of thin membranes spanning a wide thickness range can be used to characterize how bulk thermal conductivity is distri...

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Main Authors: Cuffe, John, Collins, Kimberlee C., Shchepetov, Andrey, Prunnila, Mika, Ahopelto, Jouni, Sotomayor Torres, Clivia M., Chen, Gang, Eliason, Jeffrey Kristian, Maznev, Alexei, Johnson, Jeremiah A., Nelson, Keith Adam
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Chemistry
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society 2015
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/97463
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3968-8530
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https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9157-6491