The internet of things (IoT) manages a large infrastructure of web-enabled smart devices,
small devices that use embedded systems, such as processors, sensors, and …

We are witnessing an unprecedented expansion of Internet of Things (IoT) market, whose
nodes are already outnumbering human population several times. Despite the huge …

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 …

Abstract The Internet of Things (IoT) can manage a large number of smart wireless devices
and form a networking infrastructure connected to the Internet. Traditional batteries in IoT …

Miniaturization of electronic devices aims at manufacturing ever smaller products, from
mesoscopic to nanoscopic sizes. This trend is challenging because the increased levels of …

Nanocrystallization has been an important approach for reducing thermal conductivity in
thermoelectric materials due to limits on phonon mean-free path imposed by the …

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 …

The performance of silicon-based thermoelectric energy generators is limited by the high
thermal conductivity of silicon. Theoretical works have long proposed reducing the thermal …

We propose a simple, low-cost, and large-area method to increase the thermoelectric figure
of merit (ZT) in silicon membranes by the deposition of an ultrathin aluminum layer …

Phononic crystals have been studied for the past decades as a tool to control the
propagation of acoustic and mechanical waves. Recently, researchers proposed that …