Thermal transport plays a crucial role in performance and reliability of semiconductor
electronic devices, where heat is mainly carried by phonons. Phonon transport in crystalline …

We review the status of research on thermal/phonon transport in disordered materials. The
term disordered materials is used here to encompass both structural and compositional …

We investigate the impact of various phonon-scattering mechanisms on the in-plane thermal
conductivity of suspended silicon thin films with two-dimensional periodic arrays of holes, ie …

Thermal transport behavior in nanostructures has become increasingly important for
understanding and designing next generation electronic and energy devices. This has …

The ability to engineer the thermal conductivity of materials allows us to control the flow of
heat and derive novel functionalities such as thermal rectification, thermal switching and …

Manipulating thermal conductivity through nanoengineering is of critical importance to
advance technologies, such as soft robotics, artificial skin, wearable electronics, batteries …

In this work, implementations of silicon-based thermoelectric nanomaterials are reviewed.
Approaches ranging from nanostructured bulk—ie, macroscopic materials presenting …

We present experimental and theoretical investigations on the roles of the limiting
dimensions, such as the smallest dimension, surface roughness, and density of holes in the …

Nanostructuring is a promising approach for enhancing thermoelectric properties of existing
abundant and compatible materials such as silicon and silicon-based compounds. Recent …

Reducing semiconductor materials to sizes comparable to the characteristic lengths of
phonons, such as the mean-free-path (MFP) and wavelength, has unveiled new physical …