TY - GEN
T1 - Revisiting boundary scattering in thermal transport at the nanometer scale
AU - Sinha, Sanjiv
PY - 2010/1/1
Y1 - 2010/1/1
N2 - Understanding and exploiting thermal transport phenomena at the nanometer scale can lead to improved thermoelectric energy conversion, novel NEMs-based sensors and facilitate the scaling of semiconductor devices to atomistic scales. The increased surface area to volume ratio in micro- and nano-structures leads to the dominance of boundary scattering. Recent experimental work suggests that the impact is even more than previously understood. This paper reviews recent progress in modeling phonon scattering at rough surfaces.
AB - Understanding and exploiting thermal transport phenomena at the nanometer scale can lead to improved thermoelectric energy conversion, novel NEMs-based sensors and facilitate the scaling of semiconductor devices to atomistic scales. The increased surface area to volume ratio in micro- and nano-structures leads to the dominance of boundary scattering. Recent experimental work suggests that the impact is even more than previously understood. This paper reviews recent progress in modeling phonon scattering at rough surfaces.
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U2 - 10.1115/IMECE2009-13281
DO - 10.1115/IMECE2009-13281
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:77954253032
SN - 9780791843864
T3 - ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Proceedings
SP - 135
EP - 140
BT - Proceedings of the ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition 2009, IMECE 2009
PB - American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
T2 - ASME 2009 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, IMECE2009
Y2 - 13 November 2009 through 19 November 2009
ER -