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Precise control of thermal conductivity at the nanoscale through individual phonon-scattering barriers

Gilles Pernot, M. Stoffel, Ivana Savić, Fabio Pezzoli, P. Chen, G. Savelli, A. Jacquot, J. Schumann, U. Denker, Ingolf Mönch,

Nature Materials · 2010 · 369 citations · 39 references

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Natural Sciences, Materials Engineering, Materials Science +14

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Engineering, Materials Science, Physics +17

Thermal boundary resistance

Ed Swartz, R. O. Pohl · Reviews of Modern Physics · 1989 · 2.9K citations

Engineering, Materials Engineering, Materials Science +17

Silicon nanowires as efficient thermoelectric materials

Akram Boukai, Yuri L. Bunimovich, Jamil Tahir‐Kheli et al. · Nature · 2008 · 2.7K citations

Natural Sciences, Materials Science, Physics +14

Lower limit to the thermal conductivity of disordered crystals

David G. Cahill, Susan K. Watson, R. O. Pohl · Physical review. B, Condensed matter · 1992 · 2.5K citations

Natural Sciences, Materials Science, Physics +17