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The pursuit of extreme miniaturization and high power in 6G RF front-ends has cast thermal dissipation as the central challenge. Here, we have demonstrated the monolithic integration of functionally distinct single-crystal thin films,…
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We present here a theoretical method to determine the phononic contribution to the thermal conductance of nanoscale systems in the phase-coherent regime. Our approach makes use of classical molecular dynamics (MD) simulations to calculate…
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