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We theoretically investigate thermal conductivity in silicon nanomeshes using Monte Carlo simulations of phonon transport. Silicon membranes of 100nm thickness with randomly located pores of 50nm diameter are considered. The effects of…

Materials Science · Physics 2014-06-02 Stefanie Wolf , Neophytos Neophytou , Hans Kosina

Recently discovered double gamma/beta ({\gamma}/\b{eta}) polymorph Ga2O3 structures constitute a class of novel materials providing an option to modulate functional properties across interfaces without changing chemical compositions of…

Development of broadband thermal sensors for the detection of, among others, radiation, single nanoparticles, or single molecules is of great interest. In recent years, photothermal spectroscopy based on the shift of the resonance frequency…

Polarization-dependent scattering anisotropy of cylindrical nanowires has numerous potential applications in, for example, nanoantennas, photothermal therapy, thermophotovoltaics, catalysis, sensing, optical filters and switches. In all…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-03-29 Vaibhav Thakore , Tapio Ala-Nissila , Mikko Karttunen

The present work investigates the less explored thermoelectric properties of n-type GaN semiconductors by combined both the experimental and computational tools. Seebeck coefficients of epitaxial thin films of GaN were experimentally…

Materials Science · Physics 2021-02-24 Ashish Kumar , Saurabh Singh , Ashutosh Patel , K. Asokan , D. Kanjilal

We present a non-invasive technique for measuring the thermal conductivity of fragile and sensitive materials. In the context of planet formation research, the investigation of the thermal conductivity of porous dust aggregates provide…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-03-17 Maya Krause , Jürgen Blum , Yuri V. Skorov , Mario Trieloff

Thermal transport in high-electron-mobility-transistor (HEMT) structures grown on 4H-SiC substrates by metalorganic-vapour-phase epitaxy (MOCVD) is systematically investigated. The thermal conductivity of the GaN channel and AlN buffer…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-10-15 Dat Q. Tran , Minho Kim , Okhyun Nam , Vanya Darakchieva , Plamen P. Paskov

Thermal transport in low-dimensional semiconductors is crucial for advancing thermal management in nanoelectronics, quantum devices, and thermoelectric devices. Recent molecular dynamics (MD) studies have identified a nonmonotonic…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-05-27 Lokanath Patra , Mayur Pratap Singh , Satish Kumar

Material thermal properties characterization at nanoscales remains a challenge even if progresses were done in developing specific characterization techniques like the Scanning Thermal Microscopy (SThM). In the present work, we propose a…

Applied Physics · Physics 2020-07-10 Gilles Pernot , Anas Metjari , Hadrien Chaynes , Mathieu Weber , Mykola Isaiev , David Lacroix

Thermal transport behavior in silicene nanotubes has become more important due to the application of these promising nanostructures in the engineering of next-generation nanoelectronic devices. We apply non-equilibrium molecular dynamics…

Computational Physics · Physics 2019-06-13 Maryam Khalkhali , Farhad Khoeini , Ali Rajabpour

Toward measuring the thermal properties of exfoliated atomically thin materials, we demonstrate simultaneous measurements of the thermal conductivity and specific heat in suspended membranes. We use the 3{\omega} technique applied to…

Materials Science · Physics 2026-04-28 Yiwei Le , Erdong Song , Jason Li , Erik A. Henriksen

Time-domain thermoreflectance (TDTR) and frequency-domain thermoreflectance (FDTR) have been widely used for non-contact measurement of anisotropic thermal conductivity of materials with high spatial resolution. However, the requirement of…

Applied Physics · Physics 2023-01-25 Jinchi Sun , Guangxin Lv , David G. Cahill

Recently, there have been increasing interests in phonon thermal transport in low dimensional materials, due to the crucial importance for dissipating and managing heat in micro and nano electronic devices. Significant progresses have been…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-01-12 Xiangfan Xu , Jie Chen , Baowen Li

We introduce a nanocalorimetric technique based on microsecond-pulsed heating (\mu s-PHnC) that enables high-sensitivity, quasi-isothermal heat capacity measurements on nanoscale samples. Such resolution is critical for exploring…

The heat transport in heavy-doped n-GaAs has been investigated at temperatures T=300 K and 77 K using the irradiation of the metal-semiconductor contact by modulated CO_{2}-laser radiation. It is shown this approach giving an opportunity to…

Materials Science · Physics 2007-05-23 A. Ya. Shul'man , N. A. Mordovets , I. N. Kotel'nikov

Materials that possess low density, low thermal conductivity, and high stiffness are desirable for engineering applications, but most materials cannot realize these properties simultaneously due to the coupling between them. Nanotrusses,…

Materials Science · Physics 2016-01-20 Nicholas G. Dou , Austin J. Minnich

Photodetectors based on nano-structured superconducting thin films are currently some of the most sensitive quantum sensors and are key enabling technologies in such broad areas as quantum information, quantum computation and…

The directional nature of heat conduction in semiconductor superlattices--marked by significant differences between in-plane and cross-plane pathways--poses substantial challenges for precise thermal property assessment. Conventional…

Materials Science · Physics 2026-02-24 A. Chatterjee , N. Spitzer , T. Kruck , P. Song , A. Ludwig , A. D. Wieck , J. Ordonez-Miranda , M. Pawlak

For $\beta$-$\mathrm{Ga_2O_3}$ only little information exist concerning the thermal properties, especially the thermal conductivity $\lambda$. Here, the thermal conductivity is measured by applying the electrical 3$\omega$-method on…

Materials Science · Physics 2015-02-10 Martin Handwerg , Rüdiger Mitdank , Zbigniew Galazka , Saskia F. Fischer

Efficient thermal management is essential for the reliability of modern power electronics, where increasing device density leads to severe heat dissipation challenges. However, in thin-film systems, thermal transport is often compromised by…