Abstract
The synthesis of several new families of misfit-layered compounds is demonstrated. These compounds are crystalline along the c-axis and in the ab-plane, but show very short coherence lengths between ab-planes. This disorder leads to ultra-low and tunable thermal conductivity. Annealing isostructural samples under a chalcogen vapour until equilibrium is reached results in reproducible Seebeck and resistivity values.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 2382-2385 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry |
Issue number | 15 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - May 2008 |
Keywords
- Crystal engineering
- Incommensurate structure
- Layered compounds
- Nanostructure
- Synthesis design
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Inorganic Chemistry